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BEAUTY 



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A TYPE OF BEAUTY. 



THE 



SOCIAL MIRROR 



A CHARACTER SKETCH OF THE WOMEN OP PITTSBURG AND VICINITY 

DURING THE FIRST CENTURY OP THE COUNTY'S 

EXISTENCE. SOCIETY OF TO-DAY 



Adelaide Melxier Nevin 




Pittsburg, Pa. 

T. W. NEVIN, Publisher 

1888 



Copyright 1888 by T. W. Nevin 



PREFACE 



/T\n the following pages is given a most complete sketch of Pittsburg 
^ womanhood as it is to-day, together with a brief look back at some 
of the more notable characters in Pittsburg society of the past. The list 
is as complete" as the time taken in the. preparation of this work would 
permit; and while there may be omitted some very worthy and cultured 
members of society, it cannot but be admitted that it is an accurate index of 
the character of Pittsburg's society as it now is. For this reason it must 
be recognized as an invaluable addition to the local literature of this Centen- 
nial year. Great care has been exercised to have the sketches accurate in 
every particular. The work is given to the public in full confidence that it 
will meet with a hearty reception and approval on account of its inherent 
merit. 

Pittsburg, Pa., December 1st, 1888. 



IV) 



CONTENTS 



ii 



Beauty 

Gifted Women 2 ~ 

For Sweet Charity's Sake 41 

Musical , 57 

Women of Wealth ... 73 

Artists 97 

Ministers' Wives io ^ 

Temperance Workers 113 

Society 

Society in the Suburbs 17 



121 



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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN 



BEAUTY 



She walks in beauty, like the night 
Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 

And all that's best of dark and bright 
Meet in her aspect and her eyes; 

Thus mellowed to that tender light 
Which heaven to gaudy day denies. — Byron. 



T~\ITTSBURG has always been noted for beauty in its women. The Scotch- 
Xz Irish blood which has so strongly impregnated our physical characters, 
1 together with the peculiar atmosphere which floats between our hills, 
'seems to have been most beneficial in perfecting womanly charms. 
The prim beauty of Boston is toned by the hearty good humor which is 
inherent in the nature of the Pittsburg woman; the ill-cut, Hollandish cast of 
countenance which so seriously mars the New York type of female beauty 
is happily missing; the soft beauty of the Southern woman is harmoniously 
blended with firmness and character. In the accompanying brief list of 
some of the more noted beauties of our city the author has taken care to 
introduce none but beauties who are recognized as such by all their contem- 
poraries. The strict interpretation of the word beauty, which is here ad- 
hered to, naturally compels the author to eliminate from the list the names 
of hundreds of really wondrously pretty women who might justly be con- 
sidered as belonging there. Pittsburg has all types of beaut}-, the three 
ruling styles, blonde, brune and brunette, being equally well represented. 
Why it is the Pittsburg girl is fairer, sweeter, more charming than her 
sisters of other cities has never been satisfactorily explained, but that she is 
has been so often asserted by artists, poets, travelers, that to doubt would be 
rank treason to the judgment of the most competent of critics, as well as to 
our own sense of what is beautiful. As a matter of historical interest, and 
what must prove of considerable value to collectors of local lore, pen pict- 
ures of some of the most famous of the beauties who flourished up to, and 
w ithin the present time, are appended. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



A-xdersox. The late Mrs. William Anderson, of Penn Avenue, a sister-in-law of the 

late Colonel Biddle Roberts, was accounted a famous beaut}- in her youth. 

Baird. The late Mrs. Baird, nee Lowrie, the widow of Mr. Samuel Baird. of 

Sewickley, was an acknowledged beauty over forty years ago. Of medium 
height, graceful, gentle, with blue eyes and light brown hair, one of her chief 
charms was her winning modest}- and perfect unconsciousness. 

Beltzhoover. Miss Zera Beltzhoover, of Penn Avenue, was formerly a great belle and 

beauty. Possessing a classic face, with jetty eyebrows, hair and eyes, and 
dark, warm, rich coloring, she might have sat for a portrait of Walter Scott's 
lovely "Rebecca." Even now her soft white hair shades a most attractive 
face. Literary pursuits are her delight. The old home in which she lives is 
interesting to a degree, filled as it is with elegant old-fashioned furniture and 
many heirlooms. She is quoted as worth about $100,000. 

Blair. A petite brunette, whose hazel eyes, black hair and bright expression 

formed a very piquant picture, was Mrs. Thomas Blair, nee Dyke. 

borda. Mrs. Borda, nee Dallas, with a face of pure oval contour, large, lustrous 

eyes of brown, low. broad forehead, straight Grecian nose, lovely mouth, 
brown hair with a golden sheen, even white teeth, was in her youthful bloom 
a delicious sight. 

browx. One of the sweetest buds of the season of '85-S6 was Miss Lily Forsythe, 

of Western Avenue, Allegheny. She is of an aristocratic, haughty type, 
light brown hair, clear gray eyes and fine figure, and appears to special advan- 
tage in street dress. Her marriage to J. Stewart Brown was one of the fash- 
ionable events of the fall. 

Brooks. ■ Mrs. Brooks, nee Mame Harbaugh, formerly one of the noted beauties 

of the East End, is above the average height, well proportioned and of regal 
carriage. She is a demi-blonde and has brown hair and hazel eyes. As 
Cleopatra in the barge, posed by a Boston artist in the tableaux given for the 
Free Dispensary, she looked the glorious Egyptian to perfection. 

Many there will be able to recall the perfect "Artist's Vision" in the 
tableaux at the Sanitary Fair, of which Mrs. Joe Brown, nee Frank King, of 
Bellevue, was the charming original — a dainty blonde, slightly above medium 
height, slender, graceful, lovely. About the time Miss Estelle King, a sister, 
became the wife of Mr. J. G. Siebeneck, she was considered one of the hand- 
somest brunettes in the city. Her eyes were large and soft and brown, com- 
plexion a clear olive, and dark wavy hair clustered prettily on the classic 
forehead. Mrs. Siebeneck died years ago. Her daughters, who are budding 
into womanhood, possess many of her charms. 

Buckley. Gentle and lovely in character, her beauty harmonious, Mrs. Buckley, 

nee Craig, with her large, lustrous eyes, dark hair and. petite figure, was one 
whom to know was to love and admire. 



Brown. 

Siebeneck. 



BE A UTY. 



13 



Mrs. Burbridge, nee Lyon, a brunette of the most pronounced type, tall 
and stately, was a belle of long ago. 

Tall and stately Mrs. Charles Caldwell, nee Miss Ada Way, was a queen 
among the women of her day. Large and soft, her dark eyes seemed in very 
truth the windows of her soul, beaming, as they did, with intelligence and 
gentleness. Her dark brown hair clustered in soft masses above her broad 
white brow and pretty pink cheeks, and clear-cut features completed a very 
perfect face. She lives in a handsome house on Irwin Avenue. 

A lovely face and a ravishing figure had Mrs. James Chambers, nee Maria 
Patton, when she became a bride. Dark hair and eves deeply, darkly 
beautifully blue, combined with pink cheeks and an ivory-white brow ren- 
dered her rarely beautiful. Before her marriage she was thought one of the 
most beautiful of Allegheny's belles, and although her figure has since 
developed matronly charms, it is still full of pretty curves, and her face is 
very sweet. 

One of the most notable of the beauties twenty years ago was Mrs. 
Albert Childs, of Shadyside. Her head, as severely beautiful as that of the 
marble Clytie, was poised upon her neck as gracefully as a lily on its stem 
As Miss Nannie Price she was the belle par excellence of her time. Chest- 
nut brown hair with a glint of gold, large expressive eyes of the softest -ray 
a dazzling complexion, pearly teeth and an exquisitely symmetrical figure,' 
she was as beautiful as the mornin°-. 

Mrs. Howard Childs, nee Lily Rankin, is a beauty of the brilliant type 
She is a brunette of rich yet delicate coloring, and the animation of her 
expression when she is interested in the conversation is not the least of her 
charms. She was one of the October brides of a year ago, and her ele-ant 
wedding is still talked about in the ' ' Cotillion ' ' set. She is a daughter of Dr. 
D. N. Rankin, of Allegheny, and during the four or five years of her youn- 
ladyhood was one of the most admired belles of the city. 

A veritable gypsy— dark, brilliant, exhilarating— Mrs. Clark, nee Shaw, 
was one of the foremost beauties of her time. 

. A lovely woman in the early part of the century and the mother of 
handsome daughters was Mrs. Thomas Collins. As a girl, when she was 
Miss Sarah Towry, of the Eastern shore of Maryland, she was celebrated far 
and wide for her charms and accomplishments. Her brown hair gleamed 
golden 111 the sun, and her expressive gray eyes were veiled by dark lashes 
of unusual length. A complexion of lilies and roses, fine teeth and a beau- 
tifully molded figure of medium height finished the list of the goodly physi- 
cal attributes with which nature had so liberally endowed her. Mrs. Jud-e 
McClure, nee Lydia Collins, one of the daughters, was not only lovely in 
form and features, but was famed for a certain charm of manner altogether 



Burbridge. 

Caldwell. 



Chambers. 



Childs. 



Childs. 



Clark. 

Collins. 

McClure. 

Evans. 

Duncan. 

McCandlcss. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Corcoran. 



Edwer. 



Evans. 



irresistible. Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Duncan, two other daughters of Mrs. 
Collins, were both handsome, and Mrs. Judge McCandless, the youngest 
daughter, was pretty, graceful and accomplished. Mrs. McCandless, who 
has been a widow for some years, is one of the most highly esteemed women 
in the city to-day. She lives in a pretty house on Winebiddle Avenue, and 
her acquaintance is considered both an honor and a pleasure. As a harpist 
there were few in former days to rival her, and still fewer now — for Mrs. 
McCandless still calls forth from the royal instrument matchless melody. 
She uses the same harp which sixty-three years ago was presented to her — 
at that time quite a small child — by her mother. 

One woman about whose beauty there could be n.o two opinions, who 
was pre-eminently the reigning belle, the most admired young lady of her 
day, was Miss ' ' Sis ' ' Irons, of Canonsburg. Bayard Taylor added his trib- 
ute to her charms, pronouncing her the handsomest woman in the United 
States. Tall and magnificently formed, rounded, soft outlines, her elegance 
and grace of movement were themes for a poet's pen ; eyes of deep, rich 
brown, beaming with intelligence and sparkling with laughter ; wavy, dark 
brown hair, a skin of dazzling fairness with a wave of color staining the 
perfect cheeks, she was a vision of loveliness which once seen was not easily 
forgotten. Although far beyond the age when most women take the bridal 
veil, Miss Irons, when she married Dr. Cook, of Canonsburg, after a long 
and romantic courtship, was as charming a bride as one would care to see. 
That was ten years or more ago, and Mrs. Dr. Cook is still the handsomest 
woman in her native town. 

Miss Nannie Cooper was a Pittsburg girl by birth and education. She 
has a beautiful figure, tall, above the ordinary height of woman, but singu- 
larly graceful, large, brown eyes, dark hair, fair complexion. She reigned 
as a belle at Old Point Comfort and the White Sulphur Springs, only last 
September laying aside her belledom to assume a matron's dignity. She 
was married at Berkeley Springs to H. W. Ranson. 

A much-admired beauty of the Spanish type was Miss Annie Denny, 
who afterwards became Mrs. Corcoran. 

Mrs. Croghan, nee O'Hara, mother of Mrs. Captain Schenley, was a 
blonde of the purest type, of graceful, charming manners. Her portrait is 
one of the many interesting family paintings which still adorn the walls of 
the old Schenley mansion on Stanton Avenue. 

Mrs. Antony Euwer, who was formerly Miss Virginia Courtney, was a 
rarely lovely girl — medium in height, slightly built, with features that 
might have served for a sculptor's model, brown hair and eyes, and a fair, 
rosy complexion. 

Picturesque to a degree was Mrs. Oliver Evans, nee Evans, her jetty 



BEAUTY. 



15 



hair, blue-black eyes, clear olive shading, tall, graceful figure, reminding one 
of Spanish dames whose loveliness is sung in song and story. 

The Countess de Fontaua, nee Addison, at the time of her romantic 
marriage, by proxy, was a perfect Hebe. Her face was round and roguish 
in expression, her hair golden and her eyes blue. 

The daughters of the late George Hamilton, Esq., were all well dowered 
with beauty. Their mother was a sister of Miss Irons, the famous Canons- 
burg beauty, and feminine charms of face and feature seemed to come to 
them as a birthright The late Mrs. Patterson, of Ridge Avenue, one of the 
Hamilton girls, was tall and stately, one of the most beautiful women of the 
day until her death, a few months ago, and in her girlhood, a few short 
years ago, surpassingly lovely. With dark eyes, whose fire and depth 
reminded those who saw the famous actress of the large, unfathomable 
midnight orbs of Neilson, the' contrast with the clear, ivory whiteness of her 
skm was dazzling. Miss Haddie Hamilton, a younger sister, has dark hair 
and eyes, a clear complexion, finely modeled features, a good figure and 
charming smile, and is considered one of the handsomest young ladies in 
the city. Mrs. Felton, nee Dora Hamilton, is also very handsome, and Miss 
Dora Price, the daughter of another sister, though still a school-girl, bids 
fair to absorb some of the family charms. 

Mrs. Harris, wife of Captain J. M. Harris, was Miss Matilda Shouse 
daughter of Peter Shouse, the well-known boat builder, for whom the town 
of Shousetown was called. In life's young morning she was a noted beauty 
with brown eyes and luxuriant chestnut hair, her natural brightness addin- 
to her charms. She was educated at "Mother" Olver's school at Brad & - 
dock's Field. Mrs. Joseph Kerr, nee Martha Shouse, was the youngest 
daughter of Peter Shouse. She, too, was a beauty of a demi-blonde type 
fair, her eyes gray and her hair a golden brown. 

Mrs. Howard Hartley, when she made her advent into Pittsbur- 
society as Miss Wordenberg, of Baltimore, made captives of all with whom 
she came m contact. Her wonderful mass of golden hair contrasted exquis- 
itely with the deep, dark eyes. The rose leaf tinted coloring, beautifully 
molded neck, and arms of a snowy whiteness, and lithe, graceful fi-ure 
marked her as beauty's own. & 

Masses of golden hair framed in its glittering splendor the reposeful 
face of Mrs. Joe Hays, nee Denniston. She was tall and moved with lan- 
guorous grace, that suited perfectly her style. 

™ S? 6 T ^ EyS ' dau - hter of Dr - Abraham Hays, who afterward married 
Mr. Whitehead, of Chicago, was a perfect blonde, with the airy curls which 
seem almost necessary to make a blonde complete. Her sister, Miss Mary 
Hays, was also a most brilliantly beautiful woman. 



FONTANA. 



Hamilton. 
Patterson. 
Felton. 
Price. 



Harris. 
Kerr. 



Hartley. 



Hays. 



Hays. 

Whitehead. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



KlRKPATRICK. 



A typical blonde, exceeding fair, was Mrs. Dr. Herron, nee Blaine, and 
possessed of great power of attraction. 

Mrs. Hodges, nee Shaler, bright, witty and vivacious, Grecian nose, 
rosebud mouth and sparkling eyes, was as pre^ as a picture. 

More than fifty years ago one of the most noted women in Pittsburg 
for beauty was the youngest daughter of the late Dr. Francis Herron, Miss 
Belle Herron, who afterwards became the wife of William Hoge, Esq. A 
little above the average height, an exquisite complexion, eyes the deepest 
violet, large, liquid, changeful, with hair of a golden brown, worn in masses 
of soft, fluffy curls ; a magnetic smile, perfect teeth and bewildering dim- 
ples ; these charms combined declared Miss Herron a favorite of nature. 
Mrs. Hoge is still living, and is one of the handsomest of old ladies. 

Mrs. Holmes, nee Shaler, was a tall, imposing brunette, whose bright 
eyes shone with power. 

Mrs. Joseph O. Home, nee Bessie Jones, daughter of Mr. B. F. Jones, is 
slight and very graceful. Her small, shapely head has a regal poise, and 
her brown hair, dark brown eyes, brunette coloring and clear-cut features 
form a very pretty face. 

Miss Hannah Irwin, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Irwin, who was a 
much admired beauty in her girlhood days, had a face of exquisite delicacy, 
wavy, dark brown hair, curling in love locks on her smooth, white brow, 
azure eyes shaded by long, dark lashes, faintly tinted cheeks, scarlet mouth, 
an expression animated and piquant. 

From the dim recesses of the past is recalled the fame of the beauty of 
Mrs. Irwin, mother of the late Captain James Irwin, of Lawrenceville, who 
was married in the first year of the present century. She was a blonde of 
the purest type, with perfect features, eyes of forget-me-not blue, a beautiful, 
expressive face and the form of a Hebe. The only living descendant of this 
beautiful woman is Charles Irwin Travelli, a great-grandson, who was mar- 
ried in June to Miss Emma Robinson, of West Newton, Mass. 

Heavy braids of jetty hair surrounded the sweet, brunette face of Mrs. 
Kennedy, nee Clark, one of the old-time belles, and large, brilliant black 
eyes, a magnificently developed form were further attractions. 

Mrs. Kirkpatrick, nee Moore, a sister-in-law of Judge Snowden, was 
remarkable for the peaceful beauty of her expression. 

When Alexander King, of the Fast End, brought his first wife to Pitts- 
burg, from Cincinnati, as a bride, she was a beauty of the Dangtry type. 
Fair and fresh as Aurora, sweet and blushing as Hebe, with beautiful light 
brown hair with golden tints, and a sweet, kindly disposition which reached 
all hearts and won the respect and love of all neighbors. She died early, 
and some time after her death Mr. King married her sister, the present Mrs. 



BE A UTY. 



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King, who was also a noted beauty in her youth's young day, and who even 
now is counted one of the prettiest women in Pittsburg. Of the blonde 
type, with beautiful hair and eyes and complexion, with the most genial 
manners, bright conversational ability and brilliant social powers, Mrs. King 
is admired by all who know her. Her young daughter, just blooming into 
womanhood, bids fair to equal the reputation of her mother for beauty and 
grace. 

Mrs. Lucy Kramer, about ten or fifteen years ago, was regarded as one 
of the most beautiful girls in Pittsburg. Her figure was grace itself. Blue 
eyes, straight, perfect nose, a rosebud mouth, a peach blossom complexion, 
quantities of fluffy, blonde hair— she was a charming vision. Mrs. Kramer 
was a Miss Scott, a half-sister of John Scott of railroad celebrity. 

When in the splendor of her girlhood beauty, no fairer maiden walked 
the streets of the Iron City than Miss Caroline Vick— tall, slender, of a 
majestic carriage, lovely, curling light brown hair, sweet, brown eyes, skin 
of lovely clearness, pearly teeth. She became the bride of Mr. John Layton, 
who for many years was the editor of the Post, and at the time of their mar- 
riage they were said to be the handsomest couple in Pittsburg. 

Before her marriage Miss Flora Lewis, of Emsworth, now Mrs. Lin- 
ford, of Philadelphia, was one of the very prettiest of the many pretty girls 
" down the road." A tall, beautiful, very stylish figure, hair of an exquisite 
golden brown, gray eyes, with dark lashes and a peachy skin, she was fairly 
lovely. 

One of the sweetest of the younger set is Miss May Lyon. Tall and 
very slender, with a bewitching, willowy grace, dark hazel eyes, quantities 
of curly, dark brown hair, dazzling pink and white complexion, scarlet lips, 
the mouth a true Cupid's bow, a perfect neck and lovely arms, she cannot 
fail to be a belle. Miss Lyon's mother, Mrs. James B. Lyon, is a handsome 
woman, whose refinement is truly refreshing in these days of social aggres- 
siveness. Margaret, another of Mrs. Lyon's daughters, is a brilliantly gifted 
girl, and Ellen, a third daughter, modest and retiring, is also very intel- 
ligent. 

Remarkable for her style and attractive manners, with a fine com- 
plexion, a demi-blonde, Mrs. Dr. Madiera, nee Mary Page, was an acknowl- 
edged belle of her time. 

A lovely face framed in long, curling hair was that of Mrs. Mason, nee 
Cowan, in perfect keeping with her tall, graceful, stately figure. 

The wife of Captain Charles Merchant, stationed at the Arsenal (about 
sixty years ago), was a noted beauty. The Arsenal was then the most attrac- 
tive place about the city ; balls, parties, etc., were weekly occurrences. 
Many officers were stationed at the post, and a band considered a necessity. 



IvAYTOX. 



LlNFORD. 



IvYOX. 



Merchant. 



18 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



MONTERCOLI. 



Morgan. 

McCleane. 

Mcelroy. 



Nevin. 



Miss Virginia Knox, daughter of the late W. W. Knox of this city, is a 
beauty of a dazzling type, with hair of the warm red that Titian loved, the 
exquisite complexion that goes with it, large, luminous brown eyes, ani- 
mated expression and a short, full figure. She was educated in a French 
convent, has traveled much abroad, is a brilliant talker, speaks French like 
a native and is a girl of many talents. Her romantic courtship and her 
marriage, in October, to Guiseppe Carusi, Count di Montercoli, an Italian 
nobleman, is still fresh in everybody's mind. She has gone to her husband's 
home in Italy where they expect to reside. 

Of the quiet order of beauty, Mrs. Colonel Morgan, nee Mountain, had 
a gentle, appealing expression which was irresistible. 

Mrs. George F. McCleane was as a girl considered the belle of her set. 
She is a beautiful woman, with eyes large and tender, a clear skin and a 
noble, graceful carriage. 

Among the beautiful and brilliant belles of Pittsburg before the war 
none could claim prouder place than Mrs. John H. McBlroy, nee Miss M. J. 
Wilkinson, or "Janie," as her friends called her. Her bright, souci face, 
sparkling bright eyes, naturally waving hair and a form that would fill the 
sculptor's dream, will be recalled by all who knew her in her life's sweet 
springtime. Her ancestry is traced from the Douglas of Lord Marmion 
renown, but instead of aristocratic, her sentiments were to the last degree Jef- 
fersonian and democratic. She had lovers by the score, and her love story, in 
its sweet romance, would fill a book. Her first husband was Stewart Dick- 
son, who, during the war and the absence of Colonel Herron Foster, was 
editor of the Dispatch. After his death she married John H. McElroy, of 
the Pittsburg Gas Company. She was the mother of an old-fashioned 
family of eight or ten children and four step-children, all of whom loved her 
and rise up to call her blessed. 

Mrs. R. J. McKay, nee Eva Little, has been thought by many to resemble 
Dangtry. She has brown hair, dazzling pink and white coloring, brown 
eyes, large and expressive, a rosebud mouth and a neat, stylish, erect figure. 
Her dressing is always showy and elegant. 

The two Misses Neville were old-time beauties, as their miniatures 
in the possession of their relative, Mrs. Amelia Shields, of Fdgeworth, 
reveals. 

At the time of her marriage, a dozen years or more ago, Mrs. A. B. 
Nevin, nee Harbaugh, of Sewickley, was a truly beautiful woman. The 
delightful contrast of abundant blonde hair and soft, dark brown eyes, a 
complexion in which the lily and the rose met and blended, a rounded yet 
slender figure, a vivacious expression were some of the charms that went to 
make her lovely. 



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19 



Old Pittsburgers will remember a brilliant and beautiful girl who, in 
the early thirties, was known as Kate Murphy, and who later became Kate 
S. Oakley, the mother of John M. Oakley, the prominent broker of Fifth 
Avenue. She was a daughter of Mr. Andrew Murphy, of Fleecedale, and 
the wife of John Milton Oakley, of the old firm of Scaife, Atkinson & Oak- 
ley. Mrs, Oakley in her day was esteemed a beauty, and by virtue of her 
social qualities was prominent in society when Penu Street below Sixth was 
the horde of the aristocracy of the Smoky City. Many years ago she con- 
tributed letters to The Mirror, when for a woman to wield the pen was 
considered an innovation only to be excused on the score of overpowering 
genius. Mrs. Oakley, who spent her last years in Philadelphia, left two 
daughters who inherited her beauty, her tact and talent, although developed 
in diverse directions. 

Mrs. General Oakes, nee Beelen, daughter of Anthony Beelen, and 
granddaughter of the first Belgian Minister to this country, was one of the 
most attractive belles that ever claimed Pittsburgh as her home. Many 
asked her hand in marriage, among whom was the great War Secretary 
during the late war, but she gave her heart and hand to Lieutenant Oakes, 
of the cavalry, who was promoted on the battlefield, during the Mexican 
war, for bravery, and with whom she has been very happy. 

An acknowledged beauty of the olden time, a blonde, vivacious, intel- 
ligent, who in her youthful loveliness was chosen as a partner in the dance 
by the gallant Lafayette, was Mrs. Ogden, nee Snowden. The dress she wore 
on the great occasion is still preserved by her descendants. One of Mrs. 
Ogden's daughters was Mrs. James McKnight. She was of an uncommon 
style of beauty, and her face was often likened to that of a Madonna. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Russell, of Bellefield, another daughter, is one of the most highly 
cultured women in the city. Her accomplishments, her talents, her tact 
and delightful originality render her an ornament to any social circle. Miss 
Carrie Russell, Mrs. Russell's daughter, is witty and bright in conversation. 
She has a purely classical mind which enables her to shine in mathematics, 
history, Biblical literature and general knowledge. Mrs. Dr. Backus, another 
of Mrs. Ogden's daughters, besides being a linguist was in her maidenhood 
a clever portrait painter. In this branch of art she was remarkable for her 
correct anatomy and delineation of flesh tints. Mrs. Tosswell Harrison and 
Miss Harriet Ogden, of Brooklyn, and Miss Emma Ogden, of Morehead, 
Minn., are also daughters of this noted beauty. Mrs. Ogden died last year 
at Mrs. Harrison's residence in Brooklyn at a ripe old age. Mrs. Ogden's 
grandmother was a Miss Parr, whose father, Isaac Parr, was Master of the 
Rolls in New Jersey, a position equal to a chancellorship of England, and his 
mother was Mary Blaine, wife of Ephraim Blaine, of Carlisle. 



Oakley. 



Ogden. 

McKnight. 

Russell. 

Backus. 

Harrison. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



O'Hara. 
Morrison. 
Cassanovc. 
Beecher. 



Phillips. 



Mrs. Ormsby, grandmother of Dr. Phillips and the late Ormsby Phillips, 
was celebrated for her beauty and grace. Her portrait is held in tender 
reverence in the family of Hill Burgwin. 

The pretty face of Henrietta Ormsby, who afterwards became Mrs. Major 
Wharton, won for her a place among the belles of Pittsburg. Her eyes 
were blue, her hair a rich brown and her skin fair and perfect in its way. 

The O'Hara girls are all fine looking. Inheriting the family beauty, 
Miss Lucy O'Hara, now the widow of David Morrison, was and is one of the 
fairest of Allegheny's fair women. The lovety rounded figure, dark chestnut 
hair, hazel eyes and pretty complexion, which one might enumerate as the 
items that go to form the harmonious tout ensemble, only convey a faint idea 
of her charms. Mrs. Dr. Cassanove, nee Maine O'Hara, who is by many 
considered the handsomest of the family, has the striking combination of 
light hair and dark brown eyes, to which is united a lovely complexion, pink 
and white, a sweet expression and a plump, prettily rounded figure. Mrs. 
Beecher, nee Nannie O'Hara, is also a very pretty woman, with light brown 
hair, large brown eyes and a fine physique. Miss Jane O'Hara, the last of 
James O'Hara's daughters, has also decided to discard the famous old Pitts- 
burg name at Cupid's bidding. Her marriage to Mr. Frederick G. Kay, a 
promising young lawyer of this city, is to be consummated this winter. 
She, like her sisters, is pretty and stylish, and a noted figure in social enter- 
tainments. 

Mrs. Page, nee Ormsby, was celebrated for the sweetness and purity of 
her face. 

Mrs. George Edward Painter, nee Agnes Clarke, daughter of Mr. Charles 
J. Clarke, is one of the most admired of the younger beauties. Her dark 
eyes, pink cheeks and nut brown hair form a lovely combination, and the 
artistic style she affects in dress still further heightens her attraction. 

Mrs. Blias Phillips, nee Mary Ormsby, was considered quite a beauty. 
Her hair was a beautiful auburn, her eyes a deep blue, complexion fair and 
soft, and her figure well proportioned. 

Mrs. Dr. Phillips, of Allegheny, nee Bulford, was one of the handsomest 
brides who ever knelt before the marriage altar. Of a glowing brunette 
style of beauty — sparkling black eyes, hair of raven blackness, brilliant 
complexion, a full, Venus-like form — she was really beautiful. 

Of rather stately bearing, yet gracious and sweet in manner, Mrs. Charles 
B. Price, nee Florence Macrum, is a very lovely woman. Her hair is a light 
brown, her eyes a beautiful hazel, and her complexion clear and of ivory 
whiteness. 

Mrs. W. Ross Proctor, nee Bessie Singer, was before her marriage one of 
the prettiest of Allegheny belles. She is fair, petite and graceful, and dresses 



BEAUTY. 



Riddle. 



Rudder. 
Von Bonkorst. 



handsomely and becomingly. Her husband is a grandson of Mr. Singer, of 
sewing machine fame, and from him inherited quite a handsome fortune. 
This enables the young couple to take a leading place in the upper social 
circles of the town, without the long years of waiting which is the usual 
experience of young married people. 

Mrs. Riddle, nee Dickinson, mother of Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, with a 
tall, willowy figure, soft expressive eyes, brown hair, a tender, beseeching 
expression of countenance, was a noted beauty of the long ao-o. 

Thirty or more years ago Mrs. Beylard-Rudder, nee Miss & Maria Murphy, 
was one of the handsomest girls in Pittsburgh. Brilliant, witty, -ified 
beyond the common, with high social position, no young lady of the^time 
created more general admiration. She is described by one who knew her as 
tall and most divinely fair. Mrs. Rudder was the daughter of Mr. Murphy, 
a fine old Irish gentleman, whose large estate of Fleecedale comprised a 
number of farms near Ingram Station on the Panhandle Railroad, where 
upon part of their patrimony now reside Mr. George Murphy, a brother of 
Mrs. Rudder, and Mrs. S. F. Von Bonhorst, a sister. Mrs. Rudder in her 
youth was married to Mr. Beylard, a French gentleman of good family, by 
whom she had one sou, Mr. Louis Beylard, who is now United States Consul 
at Kingston in the West Indies. She afterwards married Rev. Mr. Rudder, 
rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, one of the oldest 
and richest parishes in the country. 

Mrs. Sanders, nee Wilkins, was greatly admired for her gentle prettiness 
and sweet manners. 

As a girl, some seventy years ago, Miss Susan Taylor, daughter of Rev. 
John Taylor, the first rector of Trinity, was rarely lovely— a pale, exquisitely 
delicate complexion, light brown hair, eyes of heavenly blue, and features 
pure and refined, a tall, straight, willowy figure. Miss Taylor afterward 
became Mrs. Schweppe. 

Mrs. George Schoenberger, nee Van Zandt, a lovely blonde, large, soft eyes | Schoenberger 
of blue, golden hair, exquisite form, a pathetic expression, was truly a beau- ! 
tiful woman. 

Just before the war Miss Annie Riddle was esteemed one of Pittsburg's 
lovliest daughters. Of medium height, fair, plump and pretty, with golden 
hair, lovely features and genial manners to suit, any man might be held ex- 
cusable for falling in love with her. At the Blair's— connections of Peter 
Shoenberger— she met the man who shortly became famous as President of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad and Assistant Secretary of War, and married him. 
From comparative poverty she graduated into millions of money. Mrs 
Scott is now a prominent figure in Philadelphia society, and her costumes 
her house, her entertainments are all of the most elegant description. 



Schweppe. 



Scott. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Smith. 



Snyder. 



Somborn. 



Speer. 



Stadfeld. 



Stanton. 
War field. 



There were few to dispute trie palm of beauty with Miss Rebecca Shields 
in the early forties. Melting, large black eyes, perfect features, riotously curl- 
ing, dark brown hair, a complexion deliciously tinted, an animated expression, 
changeful, piquant, she was peerless. Sully, the famous portrait painter of 
Philadelphia, was secured by the young girl's proud father to depict the 
charming features of sweet sixteen, the effort proving a gratifying success. 
The artist, in love with the sweet face, made a copy for himself. Since then 
it has been exhibited in London as a typical American beauty. Numerous 
engravings, under the title of "Sunshine," have been struck off, and are 
eagerly sought by lovers of the beautiful all over this country and England. 

As a girl Mrs. William Singer was a delicious blonde with golden hair, 
large blue eyes, slight and elegant in figure. 

Mrs. Colonel Norman Smith, nee Ward, whose sad death will be remem- 
bered by all, was a lovely woman. At the age of sixteen, or thereabouts, 
when she became a bride, with her olive skin, oval face, great dark eyes 
shaded by long curling lashes, masses of curly dark hair, small tendrils of 
which, escaping, SAvept her soft cheek, lovely rounded throat, broad, low 
brow, perfect Grecian features, and her lissome English figure, beautiful bust 
and tapering waist, she was a dream of beauty. 

A much admired Smoky City belle in her time was Mrs. Dr. Snyder, nee 
Crossan. Tall, yet singularly graceful, oval face, large hazel eyes, fringed 
with curling lashes of uncommon length, a sweetly expressive mouth, she 
was indeed beautiful. 

As Rosa Klee, Mrs. M. Somborn, of New York, was a noted beauty in 
Hebrew society circles in Pittsburg. She was stately in figure, her manner 
winsome and vivacious, and defying all pre-conceived notions of the 
coloring of a daughter of Israel, she was a blonde of the purest type, with 
golden hair, eyes of the blue of the skies, and a dazzling complexion. 

The late Mrs. Joseph Speer, nee Miller, although a native of Washington, 
Pa., on her marriage became so thoroughly identified with her adopted city 
as to be entitled to a place in the lists of Pittsburg beauty. Hers was a 
plump, pretty figure of medium height, a well poised head crowned with 
dusky hair, regular features, gray eyes with black lashes, and brunette com- 
plexion, with an air of style and a striking elegance in dress that rendered 
her a noticeable woman in any assembly. 

Miss Rosa Stadfeld, one of the prettiest of Jewish belles, has dark hair 
and bright eyes, a fair complexion, a slender, willowy figure, and is extremely 
prepossessing. 

Touis Hutchinson, Esq., had two wonderfully beautiful daughters of 
entirely different types, who were belles in the early days. Miss Ellen, who 
afterwards became the wife of Hon. Edwin Stanton, was grace and dignity 



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combined — faultless of face and a perfect figure. The single word statu- 
esque might appropriately be applied to this regal woman. Miss Mary 
Hutchinson, who afterwards became Mrs. Warfield, of Baltimore, was her 
sister's exact opposite. Her beauty was spiritnelle ; the softest, pearly 
complexion, hair that Titian would have envied ; gentleness, sweetness, 
amiability — this was Mrs. Warfield. 

Mrs. Dexter Thayer, nee Kate Dickson, formerly Mrs. J. E. B. Dalzell, Thayer 
who in September for the second time became a bride, was a reigning beauty 
during the latter years of the war. Hair and eyes of midnight blackness, 
clear, ivory-tinted skin, delicately chiseled features of a true patrician type 
are some of the charms of person with which nature, in a generous mood, 
endowed this lovely daughter. 

One of the most exquisitely beautiful women in Pittsburg in early 1 
times was a daughter of Mr. Michael Tiernan, Miss Eliza Tiernan. An 
ivory-like complexion, without a particle of color, hair of jetty blackness, 
perfection of form and features, decidedly one of the greatest society belles 
of her time, dressing with perfect taste and with great richness. About this 
time the first of the Sisters of Mercy located in our city, which order Miss 
Tiernan ultimately joined, and a sight never to be forgotten was that on the 
day on which, in a magnificent bridal robe of white Canton crepe elabo- 
rately embroidered, a costly diamond spray clasped in the folds of her bridal 
veil, she stood before the Bishop in all her bewildering maidenly beauty 
and formally renounced the world, its pleasures and vanities. Retiring for 
a few minutes into the vestry, she presently reappeared, but in that short 
space her beautiful hair had been shorn, and in place of the bridal glory she 
was habited in the dress of the order. This peerless woman died in a very 
few years of ship fever contracted by service in the hospital. 

Picturesque was the word to describe Miss Bertha Von Bonnhorst when j von 

she was in the flush of her early girlhood. Tall and graceful, a dazzling Bonnhorst. 
complexion, black hair and deep, dark eyes, hers was a type of Southern 
loveliness. 

Somewhere about the year 1835 one of the prettiest brides — a fair, j-oung wade. 
Quaker girl — came to Pittsburg as the wife of Isaac E. Wade, of the firm of 
McClurgh, Wade & Co., who were the predecessors of the famous firm of 
Knapp & Wade. The pretty bride went to housekeeping on Penn Avenue, 
next door to where Dr. Bingamen is located — the then fashionable portion 
of the city — where her son, Charles I. Wade, of the National Bank of Com- 
merce, was born. Mrs. Wade, nee Susan Ann Oakley, was a beauty of the 
poetic type. She was somewhat under middle height and of Psyche-like 
proportions. Her eyes were gray, her hair of the medium blonde type, and 
her complexion rarely fair. After her husband's death she returned to her 



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old home in New Brighton, where she still lives in a beautiful and bright old 
age. Time has touched her gently, sweetly, rarely. 

Mrs. Scott Ward, daughter of Mr. Samuel Severance, at the time of her 
marriage, some ten years back, was a regally beautiful woman. Of a fine 
carriage, tall and prettily plump, regular features, set off by sparkling jet 
black eyes and dusky hair, complexion of clear brunette coloring, always 
dressed in the height of the fashion, she was a girl who challenged admira- 
tion everywhere. 

Of saintly beauty of expression, a true index of her character, Mrs. 
General Wilkins was one of the most admired women of her day. She was 
at the height of her beauty in 1811. 

With a very fair complexion, brightly tinted with rose, Mrs. Holmes 
Wilkins, nee Mary Darragh, was one of the belles of the day. 

The rare tact of Mrs. Judge Wilkins, nee Dallas, one of the old-time 
belles, was as celebrated as her sparkling, brilliant style of beauty. Mrs. 
Wilkins came to Pittsburg as a bride in 1S19, and about the same time the 
first bridge over the Monongahela, at Smithfield Street, was opened with 
great formality. A great crowd turned out that day, and 'twas said as many 
came to see the new bride and famous beauty as the handsome structure. 

Bright, piquant, winning, seem the. fitting terms in which to describe 
the lovely Mrs. Mary Wilkins, one of the noted old-time beauties. 

Mrs. Ross Wilkins, nee, Duncan, might have been called a superb 
woman, noted for her classic features and beautiful complexion. She mar- 
ried Ross Wilkins, a prominent lawyer of this city, but afterwards United 
States Judge for Michigan. 

Another lovely woman, who held in her keeping the hearts of more 
brave "sojer boys " than it would do to tell, was Mrs. Dr. Willard, nee 
Davis. Curling nut brown hair, stray tendrils of which, slipping rebel- 
liously from the confining net (which was then the fashion), gave a soften- 
ing, indescribable grace to the perfect Grecian features. Her complexion 
clear and pale, eyes as blue as the summer skies and perfectly molded 
hands were only equalled by the sweet charm of her manner and the odd, 
witty sayings that fell ever and anon from her lovely scarlet lips. Mrs! 
Willard, who lives on Western Avenue, Allegheny, is prominent in many 
good works, the Homoeopathic Hospital especially lying near her heart. 



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The reason firm, the temperate will, 

Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; 

A perfect woman, nobly planned, 

To warn, to comfort, not command. — Wordsworth. 



fEARS ago the broad fields through, which many women now walk alone, 
confident, even exultantly, were considered nothing but a trackless 
wilderness where the ' ' weaker vessel ' ' was concerned. It was not for 
frail, delicately-nurtured human plants such as they to tread those 
unbroken wilds. All sorts of dangers beset the way. Even should a woman 
be found bold enough to make the attempt, the rough, uneven ground, the 
sharp twigs, the overhanging, thorny branches, the scrubby underbrush, 
would wound and tear the delicate hands and scar with cruel sharpness the 
tender cheek. She who would cut out a path for herself, if she drew not back 
into the quiet and shelter of her home, would lose her freshness, her delicacy, 
her pretty feminine charm— so her admirers told her. 

For a time only a few women, one here, one there, dared venture to 
even long for freedom from conventional ideas, but these audacious pioneers, 
going out into the world, and success and independence following in due 
time, woke new aspirations in their sisters' breasts, and a revolution was the 
result. 

Now the fields of art, of literature, of business, of professions, have been 
invaded. Men, ever chivalrous, when they saw their wish flung wide the 
gates and woman flocked within. 

Bright minds have found an outlet; brains are directed in some useful 
channel ; congenial spirits meet and by sympathy and appreciation help 
each other to attain undreamt-of heights : helpless, dependent womanhood 
is a thing of the past. None there be, without some little talent, hidden 
away somewhere, buried perhaps, or tied up in a napkin, and the new order 
of thought, by stimulating, helps them discover the long unused treasure. 

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Anderson. 



Atkinson. 



Becker. 



Carnegie. 



And the predicted horrors — Are the girls less feminine ? Is intelligent 
womanhood less attractive ? Has the rough pathway hardened, or the 
exposure to the world's cold gaze stolen the soft, exquisite bloom from 
beauty's cheek? 

Let the sweet, healthful, self-supporting women be the answer. Fairer, 
lovelier, brighter, more interesting, intelligent or fascinating girls are never 
seen than this same devoted little band. Others, whose necessities or incli- 
nations do not require outside occupation, employ their leisure to cultivate 
their minds and add to the accomplishments that bring pleasure to their 
friends. 

Pittsburg has its share of gifted women. Brains and culture have 
always found a home within its tall encircling hills — and brains are now the 
fashion. 

Mrs. Lizzie Pershing Anderson, a daughter of Dr. Pershing, accomplished, 
a wonderful elocutionist and one of the finest teachers in the State, is the 
principal of one of the most fashionable girls' schools of Allegheny. 

An Allegheny girl, Miss Maud Atkinson, the wife of Joseph B. Johnston, 
made her debut on the amateur stage, where she achieved such a decided 
success as to encourage her to make the profession her life work. She is 
tall and finely formed. For two years, under the management of her hus- 
band, she has been starring in the West, the best evidence of her success 
being that they have made quite a good deal of money. 

Mrs. M. J. Becker as a member of the Woman's Club has made her 
mark. Social science and biology is her forte, her essays on "Voltaire," 
"Humboldt" and " Pre-historic Man," read in the sessions of the club, 
being highly commented on. 

Mrs. George W. Brown, nee Emma Jutau, was born up the Mouonga- 
hela, near Monongahela City. She is a handsome blonde of a remarkably 
fine figure. Like her husband she is a gymnast. They have traveled nearly 
over the world and have given exhibitions in every large city in this country 
and abroad. She is the proud owner of a number of beautiful medals pre- 
sented by high officials in various cities, as tokens of admiration of her 
wonderful proficiency. 

The late Mrs. Margaret Carnegie was a Pittsburg woman whose fame 
will always be associated with that of her sons — Andrew Carnegie, the great 
ironmaster and author, and Thomas M. Carnegie, who became millionaires 
by industry, thrift, energy, enterprise and large capacity of mind. Mrs. 
Carnegie was Scotch, and always proud of the land of her birth, which she 
revisited with her distinguished son, when he received the highest honors 
from his native town. She was, by all accounts, a woman of uncommon 
courage and enterprise. When left a widow, with her boys to care for, she 



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asked for no help, appealed to no benevolent society or widows' home, but 
simply went to work at what her hands conld find to do, and devoted herself 
to their support and instruction. That they rose to do her honor must have 
been to her in later years the crown of success, the fruition of a noble and 
honorable life of seventy-seven years. 

Dr. Milly Chapman, of Penn Avenue, a homoeopathic practitioner and chapman. 
attractive woman, has by natural aptitude, application and perseverance 
won an enviable reputation for herself. 

Miss " Pink " Elizabeth Cochrane, who has gained a national reputation Cochrane. 
over her 110m de plume of "Nellie Bly," is a Pittsburg girl, and it was in 
this city she made her entrance into journalism. Her writing, colloquial in 
style, is simple and pointed. Her letters from Mexico to the Pittsburg 
Dispatch, and her investigation, in the character of an insane pauper patient, 
into the inside workings and abuses at Ward's Island, New York, the 
account of which appeared in the New York World, securing for her a 
permanent position on that great newspaper— are her greatest jotirnalistic 
feats. In person "Nellie Bly" is slender, quick in her movements, a bru- 
nette with a bright, coquettish face. Animated in conversation and quick 
in repartee, she is quite a favorite among the gentlemen. 

Miss Marie Desalle Coyle, fashion and dramatic editress of the Chronicle Coyle. 
Telegraph, is petite and pretty, a demi-brunette. Miss Coyle is very tal- 
ented, a graceful writer and a bright conversationalist. She is a resident of 
Oakland. On several occasions she has appeared in amateur theatricals and 
shown considerable histrionic ability. 

The pluck and determination shown by Dr. Margaret Crumpton, of Alle- Crumpton. 
gheny, has won her hundreds of admirers. Miss Crumpton is still very 
young, not more than twenty-three or twenty-four years old, yet she enjoys 
a very successful homoeopathic practice in Allegheny. While attending the 
New York Medical College, the last year of her course required a practice 
among the lowest districts of the city. Without the least shrinking the 
brave young student entered on her work, visiting the lowest slums by day 
and night, a messenger boy accompanying her in the character of a pro- 
tector. Not once, Miss Crumpton tells her friends, was she molested or in- 
sulted, her little medicine case apparently inspiring respect even from the 
desperate characters that infest those courts and alleys. Miss Crumpton, 
who is a grandniece of Dr. Crumpton, the oldest Episcopal minister in the 
city, is exceedingly pretty. 

Miss Emma Farrar, M.D., of Sixth Avenue, who swears by the allo- 
pathic school of medicine, stands high in her profession. Before arriving at 
her present eminence she found it necessary to combat and conquer all sorts 
of difficulties. To the poor Miss Farrar is especially kind, practicing much 



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Floersheim. 



FITZPATK.ICK. 

Maggie 
Muhlanbring, 



among that class, knowing full well all the while no compensation will be 
forthcoming. 

Miss Bertha Floersheim, of Western Avenue, is one of the most accom- 
plished Jewesses of the city, of fine literary tastes, a finished musician and 
possessed of a pleasing voice. She is slight and dark, with flashing dark eyes 
and a fitful color that grows brilliant under excitement. Her powers as an 
elocutionist are of the highest order. 

Mrs. J. H. Fitzpatrick, a tall, fine looking young woman, is considered 
the handsomest of Pittsburg's contributions to the stage. She has met 
with flattering success during her dramatic career, about eight years in all. 
She was last season a member of W. J. Florence's Company, and when it 
played one-night stands she generally took Mrs. Florence's place as star. 
Two of her best impersonations are as Juliet and Julia in the " Hunchback." 
Previous to launching out as an actress Miss Muhlanbring taught for a 
number of years in the High School. 

The following testimony of "Bessie Bramble" to Mrs. Foster's virtues 
and intellect is eloquent: "Another prominent Pittsburg woman, whose 
death finds record in 1886, was Mrs. Julia Foster, wife of J. Heron Foster, 
who founded the Dispatch. Mrs. Foster, as remembered by her friends 
here, was a notably strong-minded, clear-headed and intelligent woman. 
She had fine business tact, and a sense of justice that was very acute. 
When her son, ' Young Heron, ' fell in love with a young girl supposed 
to be his social inferior, Mrs. Foster did nobly what few would have 
done, invited the young lady into her family to be educated as one of her 
daughters. When the brilliance of young love's dream faded, and their 
marriage was followed by a separation, Mrs. Foster protected and cared for 
and supported her as long as she lived, and provided for her, as we have been 
told, in her will. Mrs. Foster was an ardent advocate of equality of rights, 
regardless of sex, and the first meetings in Pittsburg, in which the right of 
suffrage for women was set forth, were in her parlors, and were held up to 
derision by press and pulpit. In this cause she, of late years, had the warm 
sympathy and support of her talented daughters, Miss Julia and Miss Rachel, 
the latter recently married, a writer of considerable note, and an officer of 
the National Association, under the chaperonage of Miss Susan B. Anthon)-. 
During the last years of her life, when not traveling in Europe, where she 
died, Mrs. Foster maintained a beautiful home in Philadelphia, where many 
of the most prominent men and women of the age were entertained. Among 
her intimate friends in this city were Mrs. William H. Whitney, Mrs. Captain 
McCallum, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Arthurs and others." 

Miss Mattie Graham, the principal of the Grant School, is one of the 
phenomenally successful women. She is forcible and determined, yet full of 



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a genial warmheartedness that wins her pupils' love. Miss Graham is in- 
tellectual, well versed in ancient and modern literature— in short, keeps up 
with the times, a bright, smart, capable woman. 

Miss Kate Hagan, the young Allegheny elocutionist, has grace, power 
. and much dramatic ability. 

Mrs. Harvey Henderson, wife of Rev. Harvey Henderson, who is now Henderson. 
practicing law, belongs to the distinguished family of Van Rensselaer Hoge- 
boom, of New York, and from both sides of the house has inherited rare 
gifts as a writer. She received a classical education and is a lady of high 
literary culture. Over a nom de plume she writes for a New York scientific 
magazine. She is included in the membership of the Woman's Club and 
contributes some very valuable papers. 

Mrs. W. H. House, who, by the way, is a cousin of Don Cameron, is a House. 
quiet, sweet-faced little lady with intellectual tastes. She is an oracle in 
domestic science, and is well posted on almost everything. Mrs. House is a 
historical writer of some note, and reads in the Woman's Club some very 
interesting papers on such subjects. 

Mary Pattison, the wife of Major John Irwin, of the Revolutionary army, Irwin. 
was one of the remarkable women of the century. A pretty youn°- °irl, of 
Scotch-Irish parentage, she met and captivated the gallant young American 
officer at a State ball, in Dublin, shortly after peace had been declared. 
With her bridegroom she left home and friends and sailed for the New 
World. They settled in Pittsburg. Mrs. Irwin was a woman of advanced 
intelligence and wonderful business ability, and when, in 1794, the Irwin 
rope- walk — the first this side of the mountains— was erected, she entered into 
the enterprise as an equal partner with her husband— and that, too, in those 
far-back days when a woman in business was almost unheard of. With sig- 
nal success the business was carried on for many years, after her huband's 
death Mrs. Irwin assuming sole control, and herself training to the work her 
eldest son, John, who finally succeeded her. Another of her sons was Dr. 
William Irwin, one of the best known of the old-time Pittsburg physicians, 
two daughters being Mrs. Eliza Semple and Mrs. Margaret George. Major 
Irwin, her husband, was a member of the Society of the Cincinnatus, an 
order instituted by George Washington at the close of the war among' his 
officers. It has been called, owing to the laws of primogeniture being recog- 
nized, the only order of American aristocracy, and in the fear that it might 
establish a system similar to that of England, was at first discountenanced. 
Mr. William H. Irwin is the present possessor of the honor, he being a great- 
grandson of Major Irwin. 

Mrs. Professor Jackmau, who is at home in English literature and well j 
posted on current events, is a member of the Woman's Club. 



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Jenkins. 



Jeremy. 



Lawman. 



Mrs. Helen P. Jenkins, now residing in Detroit, was formerly one of the 
leading women in literary circles in Pittsburg. The Woman's Club, com- 
posed of some of the brightest and most brilliant women in this city, origi- 
nated in a "blue tea " given by her some fifteen or more years ago. To this 
tea was invited every woman she could find in Pittsbiirg who had written 
for publication — it was not a large crowd. Mrs. Swisshelm was the chief 
guest. She was presented during the evening with a pair of blue stockings 
on a silver waiter, and made an eloquent and witty address. The invitations 
were printed on blue paper ; the decorations were blue ; the flowers were 
blue ; upon each tea-ctip and bowl and pitcher, etc., was tied a bow of blue 
satin ribbon. Nearly every lady wore blue to some extent. The guests were 
nearly all strangers to each other personally, though perhaps known in print. 
Toasts, poems, essays formed a rich programme. So pleasant was it alto- 
gether that it was there and then agreed to form a society, which has con- 
tinued to this day as the Woman's Club. Mrs. Jenkins was the leading 
spirit. Wise, calm, far-seeing, and yet known as aggressively liberal, she 
refused at first the office of president for fear her known sentiments on the 
subject of suffrage might interfere with the success of the club, but at the 
next election she was chosen unanimously. 

Miss Lizzie Jeremy, daughter of Charles Jeremy, a horse dealer, a well 
known resident of this city, has been on the stage about four or five years. 
She is tall and slimly built, is rather pretty, has abundant auburn hair and 
is exceedingly stylish. She last appeared here with Harrison & Gourlay's 
comedy company, when she made quite a hit. 

A lady whose thoughts through the medium of her pen are better known 
to the world at large than her individuality, is Miss Sophie Keenan, of 
Wood's Run. Her first contributions to the press appeared in the Leader. 
She also wrote for the New York World. In the columns of the Penny Press 
articles of hers on various matters are frequently seen, her style being vigor- 
ous, bright and pointed. Miss Keenan has translated from the French ; is, 
moreover, an artist of much merit, and in spite (or more likely because) of all 
these qualities that might entitle her to the name of "blue stocking," is a 
woman fitted to shine in the most exclusive of society circles. Mrs. Thomas 
Keenan, Miss Keenan's mother, gentle, lovely, refined, also wields a grace- 
ful pen. 

Mrs. S. F. Kerr, who was Miss Winnie Meredith, was before her mar- 
riage quite prominent in a literary circle in Lawrenceville. 

Miss Mollie Lawman, daughter of Jasper Lawman, the artist, realizing a 
few years ago that her talent lay in that direction, determined to make the 
stage her profession. She has dark hair and eyes, a good stage presence 
and a rather pleasing accent. Her first season was passed as an understudy 



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in Augustin Daly's New York theatre. A year or two ago she was under j 
engagement to appear in Madame Janauschek's company, but owing to some I 
misunderstanding the plan miscarried. Miss Lawman, in the opinion of 
critics, has a bright future before her. 

The Misses Leech, of Pertn Avenue, have for a great many years been j Leech. 
at the head of one of the most elegant and fashionable schools in the city. I 
They are all cultured and accomplished women, Miss Henrietta especially j 
being distinguished for her fine literary ability and lovely voice. 

The most notable of New Brighton's beautiful and brilliant women, and Uppincott 
who was among the most active in her young days in all social enterprises 
was Sarah Jane Clark, known in the world of letters as Grace Greenwood' 
now Mrs. S. K. Lippincott. She was prior to her marriage noted for her 
fondness of horseback riding, and was beyond doubt one of the most skilful 
and fearless equestriennes that ever drew the bridle on a horse. In fact the j 
inspiration of some of her finest poems was drawn from her daring rides 
through the wild ravines and over the romantic crags and peaks that crown j 
the lovely Beaver Valley. While Miss Clark's was not so marked a type of 
beauty as others, there were in her face and form many striking character- 
istics. In her budding womanhood her large, liquid eyes, her wealth of 
dark brown hair, and a complexion that seemed as if its native air was that ' 
of the far-off skies of Spain, all rendered her attractive. This was when 
with her father, she resided on Broadway in New Brighton, and had yet 
scarcely begun to achieve, or perhaps even dream of, that world-wide repu- 
tation she has so long occupied in the field of literature. 

Mrs. David Markowitz, Lillian Burkhart, from being a fine elocutionist 
graduated into a professional actress. She has played in a number of the 
small towns within a radius of one or two hundred miles of Pittsburg, and ! 
has been quite warmly received. 

From the time when in her early teens, Miss Eva Muller could sketch ' mullfr 
her school-mates, or tell a story better than anybody else, she has been de- j 
scribed as " a talented girl. ' ' The word fits her to a nicety. What she can- 
not do from an artistic standpoint 'twould be hard to tell. An artist of 1 
original ideas and dainty touch, remarkably bright as a writer, an accom- 
plished linguist, something of a musician, her gifts seem numberless 

Mrs. John McCullough is chiefly interested in subjects pertaining to ; mcCouoooh 
charity and benevolence and hospital work. She is one of the bright mem- 
bers of the Woman's Club. 

Mrs. Mary Olver, the wife of James Olver, was one of the most remark- olver 
able women of her time. She was an English ladv, a Miss Gould of dis- 
tinguished lineage, there having been a title in the family.- Early in the 
present century Mrs. Olver, who had received a fine education in her native I 



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Patterson. 



Pelletreai*. 



land, and who was peculiar! }- fitted for the work, established at Braddock's 
Field the famous Edgeworth Female Seminary, at which a large number of 
the daughters of wealth of that time received their education. It was so 
named in honor of Maria Edgeworth, the authoress, a personal friend of Mrs. 
Olver. Afterwards the Seminary was removed to Sewickley, of course re- 
taining the name of Edgeworth, and years after, when the Fort Wayne rail- 
road was built, the station that was placed near the school was given its 
euphonious and notable name. Mrs. Olver was a lovel}- Christian, polished 
and queenly in her bearing. A tombstone in the Sewickley cemetery 
erected by her scholars record the virtues of this noble woman, "an elect 
lady, ' ' as the inscription reads. 

Miss Jennie Patterson, daughter of Professor Patterson, highly intel- 
lectual, cultured, classically educated with yet a warm appreciation of the 
popular taste, is peculiarly fitted for the position she has recently accepted 
on the Presbyterian Banner. Miss Patterson's department includes the 
selection of miscellaneous matter and the acceptance or rejection of short 
stories. The pages under her supervision have noticeably brightened during 
her incumbency. 

The capable principal of the Pennsylvania Female College, Miss Pelle- 
treau, is rarely gifted. Her executive ability is something wonderful, the 
flourishing condition of the institution under her management being the 
best of testimony. In appearance Miss Pelletreau is exceedingly imposing. 

Mrs. W. J. Prentice is an earnest and studious member of the Woman's 
Club, an orthodox Methodist and a good writer on art and orthodoxy. 

Miss Jennie Ralston, of the Normal Class of the High School, is 
thorough with all she undertakes. Much of the great success she enjoys 
lies in that one fact. A wonderful fund of general knowledge, a tremendous 
enthusiasm for her work, a lovely, vivacious disposition are some of her 
most notable characteristics. She is sweet-looking and very popular in and 
out of the school-room. 

Mrs. Ramsey, the wife of the dentist on Sixth Avenue, holds a diploma 
from the College of Dentistry and practices in partnership with her hus- 
band. She is an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Club and has 
written much on social subjects. 

About forty years ago one of the most fashionable girls' schools in 
Pittsburg was that of the three Misses Raymond, on Penn Avenue, near 
the old Schoenberger mansion. They were English girls of good parentage 
and fine education. They came here from Richmond, Va., that being their 
first residence in this country. At one time the family had been quite 
wealthy, but their parents became reduced in circumstances and soon 
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They were cousins of Rev. Fulton, of Allegheny. All three are now dead, I 
one, the last, having dropped dead on the street not many years ago. The 
Trinity Church people were the Misses Raymond's best patrons. Among 
the old-time pupils were Bella Bradley, daughter of Alexander Bradley, 
the McCormick girls, relatives of the Schoenbergers, Martha Mitchell, 
daughter of the foundrymau of the old firm, Mitchell, Herron & Co., and 
the Bushfield girls, whose father kept a large wholesale house. 

Miss Carrie Reese, or "Cara," now a member of the writing force Reese. 
of the Commercial Gazette, is an acquisition to local journalism. To 
her, in addition to other duties, has been assigned the work of doing 
up the social side of Pittsburg life. Every day, with few exceptions, 
Miss Reese comes bravely up to the mark and serves with piquant 
sauce the principal balls, receptions and bridals of the night before. Miss 
Reese also does the artistic criticisms of the paper, and many forcible 
"specials" also fall from her pen's point. This young lady, who, if 
signs go for anything, will make a success in her new venture, is a 
daughter of Abram Reese, of Lawrenceville, and a niece of Mr. Jacob 
Reese, the inventor. She was a graduate of the High School, and sub- 
sequently of Bucknell College. She has since delivered with success sev- 
eral lectures on the invitation of the faculty. She is pleasant, refined and 
lively in disposition, and in addition to her literary talents is quite a fine 
elocutionist and pianiste. 

Mrs. Dr. Sadler, of Mt. Washington, has many gifts, of which her , Sadler. 
wonderful elocutionary and dramatic attainments afford not the least 
pleasure to her friends. 

Mrs. G. H. Schluederberg is a woman of brains and a writer of ability. ! Schluederberg. 
In the Woman's Club she is at her best, enjoys the essays of the others and 
contributes some good papers of her own. Her tastes are of the scientific 
order. 

Dr. Mary Smith, on Diamond Street, Allegheii}', has a fine standing in \ Smith. 
the homcepathic school, and enjoys quite a good practice. 

Miss Lillian Spencer, a Pittsburg girl, of whom her towns-people are Spencer. 
inordinately proud, as everybody knows, is one of the finest emotional 
actresses in the country. She is so widely known and has been so fre- 
quently "written up" that to do so here would be a vain repetition. Her 
novel, "After All," and several other literary efforts published later show 
her to be possessed of an imaginative brain and facile pen, in addition to 
her great dramatic talent. 

Probably the greatest literary figure of Western Pennsylvania, among Swisshelm. 
women, was the late Mrs. Jane Gra}' Swisshelm. A record of Pittsburg's 
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The story of her life is thrillingly related by herself in her book, "Half a 
Century," which is probably familiar to most Pittsburgers. As a news- 
paper writer she was always aggressive, bold, forcible and logical. To 
those who did not, equally with those who did, fall in with her radical views 
she was never less than interesting. She freely ventilated subjects that 
are generally glossed over, or, at the most, vaguely referred to, and spoke 
out in right plain language, too, hitting right and left with little concern 
as to whose skeleton she might be revealing to his neighbor's gaze. She 
was one of the pioneer abolitionists, one of the foremost and most indom- 
itable champions of the woman's suffrage movement and at one time a 
publisher of a newspaper. In her own estimation she was by nature in- 
tended for an artist, but owing to the cares and repressions of her uncon- 
genial married life the talent never found vent. The great incompatibility 
between herself and her husband, after years of unhappiness, resulted in a 
divorce, which left her free to follow out her ideas and inclinations. 

Mrs. G. H. Taylor, another of the bright members of the Woman's 
Club, is of Mayflower descent from Massachusetts, and her daughter 
recently married a lineal descendant of Miles Standish. She writes for 
some Massachusetts paper, is a good stiff Presbyterian and well posted on 
theology and music and woman's work generally. 

In the medical world Dr. C. J. Vincent, daughter of Rev. Dr. Vincent, 
stands deservedly high. She is highly educated, having graduated in a 
scientific course before beginning the study of her present profession. In 
person she is tall and slender, fair in complexion and extremely winning in 
manner. The practice she enjoys is immense, and she is frequently called 
to consult with the leading physicians of the two cities. A three years' 
practice in the St. Charles' Hospital, on Staten Island, gave her sufficient 
practical experience to take hold at once when she settled down to her 
work in Allegheny. With all her talents — and she has many aside from her 
medical skill — she is modest and unassuming, altogether a very lovely 
woman. 

' ' Bessie Bramble, ' ' Mrs. Charles I. Wade, widely known through the 
medium of her pen, has also hundreds of personal friends who love and 
admire the genial warmheartedness, the quick wit, the graceful tact that 
distinguishes her in private life. Mrs. Wade is a thorough Pittsburger, 
having resided in the city since she was but a few years old, and its welfare 
and public improvements that shall place it on a plane with other cities of 
its size is a matter that lies very near her heart and for which she battles 
untiringly with her caustic pen. Musically Mrs. Wade is highly cultured, 
her knowledge of the art rendering her one of the most discriminating, 
therefore valuable, of critics. It was in this capacity — criticising the 



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various choirs of the city — that she won her spurs as a writer. Her pene- , 
trating stabs at careless or inefficient musicians went to the spot with tell- i 
ing effect, and the whole town was stirred to its very depths. Conjecture 
ran rife as to whom the author of the articles could be. As with all bright, 
anonymous writings, they found plenty of claimants, but it was not for 
some years that their rightful author threw aside the veil and revealed her- 
self. She still writes constantly for the daily press. Her style is terse, ; 
breezy, yet full of weighty argument when she attacks a subject on which 
she feels strongly. An ardent woman suffragist, she is ever ready to take up 
the cudgels in defense of the cause. A pretty home at Edgewood holds the 
lares and penates of this gifted woman ; her husband, a tall son and a 
debutante daughter, Miss Bessie, who has inherited many of her mother's 
talents and intellectual gifts, share it with her. Mrs. Wade was a Miss 
Wilkinson. 

Mrs. George H. Woods, of Sewickley, wife of Dr. Woods, in a thorough Woods. 
knowledge of history and literature has, perhaps, no equal in this vicinity. 
Her knack of inspiring her pupils with an enthusiasm that leads them to 
throw themselves heart and soul into the paths of learning she marks out 
for them is nothing less than wonderful. Before her marriage Mrs. Woods 
was one of the most successful of teachers in a prominent Eastern seminar}-. 



CHARITY 



FOR SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE 



The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; 

The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, 

Are scattered at the feet of man, like flowers. — Wordsworth. 

O woman * * * * 
When pain and anguish wring the brow, 
A ministering angel thou. — Scott. 



gOULD all the gracious deeds of mercy, of willing sacrifice, all the loving 
acts done for sweet charity's sake by Pittsburg's noble women be 
recorded, the tale would fill volumes and yet be not half told. So 
much is accomplished without even the right hand knowing what the 
left doeth, that no human scribe could collect the data. A complete ac- 
count of the charity done by kindly hearts and tender hands will only be 
found in the great Book of Life, where the recording angel has jotted down 
every smallest item. Such a chronicle, even in a crude form, will not be 
here attempted. The length to which the story — even of the comparatively 
little that could be clearly discovered — would stretch out, would be so inter- 
minable as to place it forever beyond the scope of the pen. But as few 
people have any but the faintest conception of the number of workers who 
give with a lavish hand of their time and strength and wealth in looking after 
God's poor, searching out and relieving suffering and distress, brief sketches 
of some of the means employed and the women engaged in the heroic work 
cannot but prove interesting. Characters such as these the world could ill 
afford to be without — and favored Pittsburg has a goodly number. The 
growth in charitable institutions in the city of Pittsburg during the past 
hundred years has been something wonderful. At the time of Washington's 
first inauguration, and even well up into the first quarter of this century, 
organized charity was a very small quantity. But a half century since the 
noble ladies of the day bestirred themselves and laid the foundation for the 

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Arbuckle. 



Bakewell. 



Bakewell. 
Phillips. 



grand works of that kind which we have to-day. The late civil war acted 
as a great stimulus in developing the charitable nature of our women, and 
the progress in the work since then has been marked. Institutions for the 
alleviation of all kinds of human suffering have sprung up in our midst. 
The noble women of our day, the number of which is very large and is 
ever increasing, have organized one institution after another, so that the 
work is now on a most substantial basis. Many of the women have abso- 
lutely abjured the claims of society, and have devoted all their time, outside 
of that needed in conducting their domestic affairs, to the cause. Pitts- 
burg's charities will compare favorably with those of any city in the 
country. 

Mrs. Jarvis Adams, of the East End, though a little bit of a woman, is 
fairly a giantess in the amount of good she can put through in the shortest 
possible time. 

The wife of Col. E. J. Allen takes a deep interest in benevolent work. 
When there is any great project on hand, she is never called on in vain. 

Earnestly and unceasingly Miss Arbuckle labors that the good work 
may go on, and her purse is always open to the calls for pecuniary aid. 

Mrs. William Bakewell, nee Campbell, the charming wife of a wealthy 
lawyer, is identified with several of the leading charities of the city. Kind 
and motherly in character, she seems by her very presence to diffuse cheer 
and comfort. 

Iu her youthful days Mrs. John P. Bakewell (mother of Mrs. Ormsby 
Phillips, Miss Martha and Mr. Ben Bakewell) allowed no one to go further 
or do more for all who needed help, and now when, owing to the infirmities 
of old age, she can no longer enter actively into such work, her heart is still 
in the right place. Her daughters are like her, and love no pleasure so 
much as that of doing good. Mrs. Phillips is almost saintly in character. 
The Misses Annie and Margaret Phillips, her daughters, are bright society 
girls, and Mrs. Francis C. Phillips, another daughter, is also a vety charming 
woman. 

Mrs. Albert Barr, a good friend to the poor, is one of the foremost, 
always, to offer her services for charitable work. 

Mrs. Phineas T. Barnes is prominently identified with most of the great 
benevolent undertakings of the East End. She is gentle and unassuming, 
but no one can get through more hard work in a given time. The Industrial 
School is one of her latest interests. It was through her efforts Miss Parloe 
was brought to this city. Mrs. Barnes' young daughter promises to be very 
pretty and has lovely manners. 

Mrs. C. H. Beach is always engaged in doing good, and her heart is in 
every laudable enterprise. 



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Mrs. Thomas Bedillion, a daughter of the late Isaac De Haven, is given to Bedillion'. 
benevolent work, the Homoeopathic Hospital occupying a warm place in her Moiury. 
affections. Mrs. Philip Mowry was Miss Julia De Haven of the same family. 

Mrs. T. J. Bigham, of Mt. Washington, a sister of the late Kirk Lewis, bigham. 
is widely engaged in benevolent affairs, giving most of her time in that 
direction. 

Mrs. Maria Book, who was a Miss Donnell, is a sister of James G. Don- book. 
nell. Few women are more prominent in charitable work than Mrs. Book, < 
who is identified with several of our leading institutions. 

Mrs. S. S. Boggs, of Boggs' Avenue, is interested and willing to lend a boggs. 
hand in anything calculated to benefit her fellow-men. 

Mrs. Robert Bruce, charitable and kind, is one of the workers of the Bruce. 
Shadyside Church. 

To Mrs. George Black, of Western Avenue, Allegheny, an appeal for aid black. 
is never made in vain. Benevolently inclined, her large wealth allows her 
to materialize the sentiments of her heart. 

An angel of mercy is Miss Mary Bryan, who is known and loved by Byran. 
thousands of the poor and needy, among whom she labors with untiring zeal. 
Nor does she confine her kindness to the city of her birth, but in far-off 
Alaska and in many missionary fields her influence is felt and life made 
easier to many because of her goodness. 

Miss Eliza Byram, a sister of Harry Byram and of Mrs. C. C. Hussey, is Bryam. 
a lovely Christian devoted to her church — St. Andrew' s j — and giving much 
time to benevolent work. 

Mrs. B. B. Campbell, nee Lois Wade, who lives out the A. V. R. R., is a Campbell. 
bright star in the firmament of the charitable universe. Since her sad afflic- 
tion in the death of a much loved daughter, the only child, the mother's 
heart has sought solace in employing her thoughts and talents in the cause 
of mercy. 

Mrs. Harvey Childs, nee Jane Dowrie, who died about two years ago, full Childs. 
of years and grace, was a fine type of woman — elegant looking, kind, chari- 
table and hospitable. Rich, also, in this world's goods, she gave wisely and 
generously to many local charities. 

Mrs. Childs, nee Howe, a wealth}- widow of the East End, gives liberally, Childs. 
and when necessity requires is a conscientious, hard worker. The Episcopal 
Church Home claims the greater part of her time. 

Mrs. Judge Collier has a lovely home and interesting family, but finds Collier. 
time to give time and strength to outside benevolent work. 

Miss Mary E. Davison is one who does whatsoever her hands find to do, Davison. 
with all her might. She is a faithful, indefatigable worker, and in every way 
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Duff. 



Duff. 



Dawson. Miss Mary Dawson, daughter of Captain Dawson, of the East End, is- 

always a prime mover in every good project. Her pet theory just at present, 
; and one that is sure to materialize soon, is the Children's Hospital, and for 
this she is working with all her might. 
De Haven. Mrs. Isaac De Haven is a daughter of Mr. Willmath of this city. Mrs. 

j De Haven is interested in charitable work of all kinds, and is very religious. 
Denny. Mrs. Harmer Denny, who has for many long years been reckoned with 

• the silent majority, might well be termed the pioneer in the organized chari- 
table work which, in the hands of her successors, has attained to such won- 
derful dimensions. By birth and fortune placed high above the common 
plane, she was peculiarly fitted by nature to reign a very queen, not only in 
I her native city, but in any town of this broad land. To her liberality the 
Ridge Avenue Orphan Asylum is indebted for its start, as is also the Home 
of the Friendless. For fifteen years and during the dark days of the war she 
was President of the old Relief Society, which in looking after the poor of those 
distressful times did a noble work. Mrs. Denny's daughters, Mrs. Robert 
McKnight, Mrs. Paxton, Mrs. Brereton, Mrs. Spring and Miss Matilda Denny 
have profited by their noble mother's example, and her much loved daughter- 
in-law, Mrs. James O'Hara Denny, is also one of the purest and best of 
women. 

Mrs. Douglass, of the East End, the wife of a former wealthy lumber 
merchant, in her days of plenty gave largely in many directions. Now that 
they have met with losses, she gives what she can and does oceans of hard 
work. 

Mrs. A. E. Duff, of Swissvale, whose children are grown, is a faithful 
and efficient worker. In the Society ifor the Improvement of the Poor, of" 
which she is one of the vice-presidents, she finds the chief field for her 
talents. 

Mrs. George Duff, a lovely old lady with dark eyes and snowy hair, is 
prominent in charitable circles. 

The late Mrs. Peter Duff, the mother of Mrs. John Dalzell and Mrs. E. 
A. Kitzmiller, was a very superior woman, and appeals for aid poured into 
her sympathizing ear never went miheeded. Her charities were continuous 
and displayed judgment. 

Mrs. Alexander Duncan, of ,Penn Avenue, near Tenth Street, is one 
whose unobtrusive Christian life, and many works of charity have endeared 
her to all her fellow-workers. 

Apt with her pen, bright and ^talented in various ways, Mrs. J. B. Dun-- 
| levy, Secretary of the Temporary Home for Women, is more than ordinarily 
! valuable to that institution, to which her services have been freely dedicated. 
Easton. Mrs. Dr. Easton, a young wife and mother, talented, bright and cheerful 



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always, is entitled to a high place in the roll of honor. Active in several of 
the organized charities, her heart is ever open to appeals from private sources. 
In the cheerless prison cells and the jail's gloomy corridors her face, a very 
sunbeam, is no stranger. 

Kind, pleasant, sweet and good was the late Mrs. Dr. Edrington, who Edrington. 
-came to us from Baltimore, her girlhood's home. Her life here was spent in 
doing good, and many of the poor and lowly bless her memory. 

For years Mrs. William Bwing, of Duquesne Way, has cheerfully given ; Ewing. 
her time and services in the cause of charity. Mrs. Ewing is a large, elegant 
looking woman, a blonde with fine coloring, and is exceedingly popular with 
all who know her. 

Mrs. Samuel Fulton, having been tried in the furnace of affliction — a Fulton. 
loved husband and a son were both taken — has sought and found solace in 
doing good. 

Of the many unostentatious women in this vicinity given to good works, 
there is not one more deserving of mention than Mrs. Jane Gorman, of Alle- 
_gheny. In girlhood a member of Trinity, on her marriage she became con- 
nected with St. Andrew's, and has ever since been closely identified with that 
parish. Mrs. Gorman was one of the first Board of Managers of the Episco- 
pal Church Home, in which capacity she has served faithfully ever since. 
The Home for Aged Women in Wilkinsburg and the Widows' Home in j 
Allegheny are two of her favorite charities. Misses Mary and Letitia Gor- ! 
man, her daughters, assist her in every possible way in her charitable work. 

As one of the most indefatigable and successful of beggars for her Gregg. 
beloved Homoeopathic Hospital, Mrs. Bdward Gregg has made for herself a J 
proud record. This is, perhaps, the most difficult part of charitable work, | 
and few are equal to it. 

Mrs. H. Hanauer, a round-faced, black-eyed, motherly looking widow, \ Hanauer. 
whose attractive manners win confidence at once, is valuable in, and greatly j 
attached to, the work to which she gives much of her time. Mrs. Hanauer 
resides on Fayette Street, Allegheny. 

Mrs. J. Hannach, of Locust Street, is the efficient Vice-president of the Hannach. 
Benevolent Society carried on by the Hebrew ladies of the city. She is the 
wife of a retired clothing merchant, is a nice looking young woman on 
the sunny side of forty, and is active and untiring in the work she has under- 
taken. 

Mrs. Lavinia M. Harding, of Liberty Street, a daughter of Colonel Mor- Harding. 
gan and a sister of Major Morgan, of the Arsenal, is an important member of 
the Boards of the Improvement of the Poor Society and the Episcopal 
Church Home. 

Mrs. Haworth, of Stockton Avenue, Allegheny, not only is herself a haworth. 



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HOFFSTOTT. 



worker, but by organizing "The Evangelines, " a societj- of small maidens, 
is training a younger generation, that when the present workers are called 
away they may be ready to fill the vacant places. 

Miss Mary Herron, sister of Dr. James and Mr. Campbell B. Herrou, found 
her first field in charitable work under the shadows of the Society for the 
Relief of the Poor in Allegheny. In speaking of Miss Herron, who is yet 
one of the foremost of those who spend their time in doing good, a friend 
of a lifetime remarked : "Dear Mary ! Hers is a simply perfect character, 
sanctified and meet for the Master's kingdom. She has sat at the Master's 
feet all her life." With her sister, Mrs. Jamison, she visits among the poor, 
finds out what they need, and sees to it that they are supplied. She is worth 
several hundred thousand dollars. 

Mrs. Samuel Herron, wife of the banker, lives on a beautiful place on 
Herron's Hill. She was a Miss Mary Jane Pomeroy, of Roxbury, Pa., and is 
related to the large Nevin connection of the eastern part of the State and 
Sewickle)^. Mrs. Herron's kindness and unostentatious charity is well known 
by her near friends. 

Mrs. William A. Herron, to whom, perhaps, more than any one woman 
the Association for the Improvement of the Poor owes its origin, lives in the 
East End. She has always been prominently identified with charitable 
works. She is a lovely, noble woman, and a very large, fine-looking lady, 
with great grace of manner, and is fond of entertaining her friends, which 
she does delightfully. Their wealth would overstep the $100,000 figure. 

Mrs. Geo. B. Hill was Miss Maggie J. Nicholson, a sister of J. D. Nichol- 
son and daughter of the contractor. Mrs. Hill is very charitable, and spends 
much time and means in the interest of the Orphans' Home, the Day 
Nursery, and other like useful institutions. 

Miss Hoffstott, of Allegheny, gives and works untiringly for objects that 
seem to her worthy. She is gentle and kind in manner, and in her way does 
what she can. 

On May 3d, 1885, there passed to her eternal home a pure, good woman 
— Miss Jane Holmes, of Penn Avenue. For many years she had worked for 
and given lavishly of her great wealth to various institutions which she 
dearly loved, and dying, she did not forget them. Her bequests to charity in 
the aggregate amounted to $300,000, the principal one being for the purpose 
of founding the Hospital for Incurables, which now stands her greatest 
monument. 

Mrs. Margaret Holmes, widow of John K. Holmes, was a Miss Ward, 
daughter of Dr. Ward, an old-time Pittsburg dentist. She has a beautiful 
home on the corner of Fifth and Holmes Avenues. Her nieces, the Misses 
Smith, daughters of Colonel Norman Smith, make their home with her. 



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Jackson . 
Beard. 



Mrs. Holmes is always to be counted on when charity is the object. In the 

Homoeopathic Hospital especially she is invaluable. 

Mrs. Nathaniel Holmes does much good in her quiet way. She is not ; Holmes. 

heard of everywhere, but has her pet charities to which she is devoted heart j 

and soul. 

Mrs. James Irvin, of Third Avenue, who, in her days of comparative Irvin. 

wealth, gave liberally, is always found among the workers. 

Mrs. William Kirkpatrick, tall and fine looking, is one of the hardest Kirkpatrick. 

workers in the charitable field. 

Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Penn Avenue, was among the first to give money 

and influence to the beautiful charity that has provided the peaceful home 

at Wilkiusburg for women who have overstepped the summit and are 

passing down the hill of life. Since her death, Miss M. L. Jackson and Mrs. 

Bissell, her daughter, and Miss Louisa Beard have taken up the work, and 

assist with time and money the worthy cause. 

Mrs. Thomas Jamison, nee Herron, of Union Avenue, Allegheny, is plain . Jamison. 
in her tastes and principally devotes her time to charity. To her friends it 
is a familiar sight to see her with what they often call the everlasting 
stocking in her hand, knitting away busily all the time she talks. These 
stockings, together with all sorts of useful garments, she bestows on the 
worthy poor. Mrs. Jamison is wealthy in her own right — has one or two 
hundred thousand — and her husband is also rich. 

Mrs. Judge Jones, than whom, perhaps, no other lady in the city has Jones. 
been identified with more large undertakings for the benefit of various 
charities, is so well known and admired by all who have from time to time 
been associated^ with her, that she scarcely needs a detailed description. 
Some of her most notable successes were in the Sanitary Fair, the Pittsburg 
Library Loan Exhibition, the Bazaar of Nations, Relief Committee for the ; 
benefit of the Chicago sufferers, and Centennial Tea Party. She also in- ! 
augurated the annual tea party for the benefit of the St. Paul Orphan 
Asylum. Mrs. Jones lives handsomely on Duquesne Way. She is a St. Louis 
lady by birth, and her manners, in which Southern cordiality, grace and 
elegance are happily united, are remarkable. Miss Oline Jones, her daughter, 
is highly cultured, has a variety of accomplishments, is clever and attractive. 
She dresses with perfect taste, stylishly and handsomely. Both Mrs. Jones 
and her daughter are conspicuous figures in the social world, entertaining in 
charming fashion at their lovely home. 

Mrs. Fred Kay, of Allegheny, a bright, sweet woman, gives liberally Kay. 
according to her means, and in every way exerts her influence to help the 
good work along. 

Miss Helen Kearney, good and kind and an excellent worker, is always ! Kearney. 



4 3 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



IylPPINCOTT. 



I^ITTLE. 



IfOGAN. 



IyOOMIS. 



Love. 



Marshall. 



willing to do or go wherever it is judged best for the interest of the under- 
taking in hand. 

Mrs. George A. Kelly, for years one of the most prominent of our city 
workers, is always identified with two or three of the largest institutions. 
In the wide field of missionary work she is a shining light. 

Mrs. Thomas L. Kerin is a great Church woman, always ready to lend 
any assistance in her power. 

Mrs. S. E. Iyippincott, of Bellefield, a woman as sweet in disposition as 
in appearance, seems by nature designed for the responsible position she 
holds. She is Secretary of the Society for the Improvement of the Poor, 
and her refinement, tact, discrimination and rare judgment are constantly 
being brought into play with the happiest possible results. Before her 
marriage she was a Miss McMasters, her father being a Wood Street hatter, 
an old and representative Pittsburger. Mrs. Lippincott was in her time a 
brilliant beauty, with dancing black eyes, glossy black locks and a perfect 
complexion. 

Miss Mary Little, of Allegheny, whose childhood and the principal part of 
her life had been passed in Pittsburg, was noted among her many friends for ex- 
treme gentleness of disposition and many acts of Christian charity. For years 
she was a member of the Board of Managers of the Episcopal Church Home, 
in which she took unbounded interest, and also of other institutions of similar 
import. Miss Little always found her duties a pleasure. She was an adept 
in fine needlework and exquisite fancy work of every description, and in the 
arrangement of flowers her fine taste was undisputed. 

Mrs. J. E. Logan, of Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, is prominently iden- 
tified with several leading works, the Orphan Asylum on her street claiming 
the greater part of her attention. 

Of the originators nineteen years ago of the Woman's Christian Associa- 
tion, while many are still at work, some have fallen asleep. Of the latter 
class Mrs. Eliza Dilworth Loom is was sadly mourned and widely missed. 

Very charitable and warm-hearted always where the suffering and needy 
are concerned, the late Mrs. Hanson Love, a sister of General Eaken, deserves 
mention in this column. 

Mrs. R. H. Marshall, of the South Side, kind and true-hearted, has been 
identified with many charities in her time. 

Mrs. William Metcalf, of Cliff Street, is interested in various organiza- 
tions. She is liberal to a fault, and in her wide benefactions is ably seconded 
by her husband. 

Miss Metcalf, a sister of William and Orlando Metcalf, is one of the best 
of the workers in the Episcopal Church. 

The late Mrs. Alexander Miller, who, before marriage, was a Miss 



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49 



Mowry, a beautiful, kindly woman, was noted in her time for the good she j 
accomplished. At the Sanitary Fair she presided with grace and dignity at ! 
the most prominent guest table. 

Mrs. Martha Miller, who died a year or two ago, left behind her a record miller. 
that shines with added lustre as the years go by. She went about among j 
the sick and poor, scattering blessings on -her way. 

Miss Mary Moorhead during all her life has been one of the best workers ' moorhead. 
in the city. She is intensely practical in her methods, losing no time in ' Murdoch. 
affording relief wherever needed. Noble, warm-hearted and true, the world 
is the better of her having lived. She has the courage of her convictions, as 
was evidenced by her recent stand on the faith cure question. Having been 
an invalid for more than twenty years, and becoming converted to that belief 
and being enabled to rise up from her bed of sickness, she has ever since 
stood firm by the new faith. Miss Moorhead's sisters, Mrs. Dr. Murdoch and 
Miss Hetty Moorhead, are also women possessed of rare Christian graces. 
They are all wealthy, having several hundred thousand dollars between 
them. 

Mrs. Archie McBride, from whom a loved son was taken in the pride : mcBride. 
of his youth, has found peace and consolation since in the dedication of her ! 
whole life to good works. Mrs. McBride and her husband reside in Alle- I 
gheny. 

When real, arduous work is to be done, Miss Mary McCandless is always ; McCandless. 
on hand to do her full share. Her free, generous givmg and cheerful, ! 
pleasant way charms all beholders. Miss McCandless is a large, handsome 
woman. She lives with her mother, Mrs. Judge McCandless, on Winebiddle 
Avenue. 

Mrs. William McCreery gives much time to charity. To the West Penu 
Hospital she gives her Sunday afternoons, she and Mrs. Samuel McKee 
having missed but a few Sundays in the last ten years. 

Mrs. George L, McCoy, of Allegheny, is devoted to charitable work, 
and is energetic and capable in whatever she undertakes. She is also quite 
a society woman and is popular everywhere. 

Mrs. Samuel McKee, of Penn Avenue, is gentle and lovely in manner 
and behind none in the variety and extent of her charities. Connected with 
many organizations, her heart is in them all, and she gives her time, money 
and talents with a prodigal liberality. One of Mrs. McKee's special pets is 
the West Penn Hospital. In a beautiful old-fashioned place out Penn 
Avenue Mrs. McKee and her husband live in elegance and comfort. They 
are supposed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. 

The tall, graceful wife of Charles F. McKenna, Esq., whose bright dark mcKenna. 
eyes, rosy cheeks and pretty smiles win friends for her everywhere, is a \ 



McCreery. 



McCoy. 



McKee. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



McMillan. 



Orr. 
Orr. 
Paulson. 



Phillips. 
Pressley. 



Reymer. 



Roberts. 



cheerful and tireless Church worker and interested in various kinds of chari- 
table work. Mrs McKenna is also quite prominent in society. 

Mrs. John S. McMillan, nee Bindley, of Grandview Avenue, is always 
active in any project for the improvement in the moral and social condition 
of the ward. Particularly is she identified with the Grace Episcopal Church 
and the Mt. Washington Free Reading Room and Gymnasium, which are 
already such a gratifying success. 

Mrs. William Nelson, in the death of dear ones, has been. sorely tried, 
but her faith has conquered, and her life has been dedicated to good works. 

The late Mrs. William K. Nimick, who lived on the corner of Fourth 
Avenue and Penn Street, a beautiful woman, was kind and thoughtful in an 
unostentatious way, relieving sickness and distress wherever found. 

The late Mrs. James O'Hara, a great beauty, sister of Mrs. Albert Childs, 
| was a lovely character, kind and generous to all in need of assistance. In 
her family life her gentle sweetness was a revelation. 

The late Miss Anne Orr was one whose heart was in the great cause and 
who did what she could. 

Miss Hester Orr is a faithful worker in the vineyard. Her offerings have 
been dedicated to suffering humanity. 

Among the workers who have gone to their well-earned rest none was 
more eminent than Mrs. Charles Paulson, of North Avenue, Allegheny. An 
earnest, devoted Christian, hers was a well spent life. The Misses Paulson, 
bright society girls, are following their sainted mother's example, and devote 
much time to charitable work. 

The late Mrs. Joseph Pennock, a wonderfully intellectual woman, was 
as kind and good as she was intelligently able to judge where to distribute 
her largess to the best advantage. Mrs. Pennock was twice married, her 
first husband being an army surgeon of great distinction. 

Mrs. Ormsby Phillips, of Allegheny, is a charming woman, and finds 
her chief delight in going about doing good. 

Miss Melissa Pressley is a host in herself wherever there is work to be 
done. Her brisk, cheery manner infuses life into any xindertaking, however 
arduous and great the outlook be. 

Mrs. Philip Reymer' s principal occupation is in looking after those in 
want. In all charitable enterprises she is among the foremost. Her name 
is on the committees of three or four of the leading societies, and she is an 
enthusiastic supporter of the Woman's Exchange. The Misses Reymer are 
fond of society. 

Mrs. R. B. Roberts, who used to be foremost among our charitable 
women, her friends and former co-workers will be glad to learn, proposes 



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shortly to remove here from Princeton, where she has for some years made 
her home. 

Tall, slender, wavy white hair, framing a face bright and sweet in expres- 
sion, describes the impression Miss Mary Ann Robinson makes on strangers. 
She dresses handsomely and has any amount of diamonds ; lives in a pretty 
home on Cedar Avenue, Allegheny, with her unmarried brother ; entertains 
a great deal in a quiet way. Her charities are on a magnificent scale, she 
being one of the largest givers in the city. About $100,000 would represent 
her fortune. 

A devoted Christian, as one of the members of the Women's Christian 
Association remarked, "the very presence of dear Mother Sands at our meet- 
ings was always like a benediction." 

Mrs. Clarence Schmertz, a Miss McDevitt, is a devoted Christian, her 
time being freely given to all sorts of Church work. 

Some years ago there was not a better known mover in benevolent mat- 
ters in the city than Mrs. John H. Schoenberger, and the praises of this much 
lamented lady are even at this late day often on the tongue of those who knew 
and labored with her. Her home was the handsome mansion on Penn Ave- 
nue, where the Pittsburg Club is now established, and its hospitable doors were 
a haven of rest and comfort to the weary and heavy laden. 

Mrs. Sol. Schoyer, a lovely woman, finds her pleasure in doing good. She 
goes moderately into society, dresses richly and with taste. Her sister, Miss ' 
Balkam, is also prominent in charitable work. 

Mrs. C. B. Smith, of Mt. Washington, is a lady possessing a rare combi- 
nation of Christian graces. A leading member of the Third Presbyterian 
Church, she, besides being prominent in several organized charities, is a splen- 
did Church worker. 

Mrs. J. C. Smith, the Secretary of the Christian Home for Women, is a 
good worker and a truly excellent woman. 

Miss Matilda Smith, although not among the " fair haired " workers of 
the Home for Aged Women, is one of the most active and useful women on 
the Board. 

Miss Mattie Sterling allows no social pleasures or personal preferences to 
interfere in any way with the path she has marked out for herself. For years 
she has been the Secretary of the Woman's Christian Association, and her un- 
tiring devotion and faithfulness show conclusively that her heart is in the 
work. 

Mrs. N. W. Stevenson, whose husband is the President of the Exchange 
was Miss Ella J. McKee, of Allegheny. She is much given to charitable 
work. 

Since death bereaved her sorely, Mrs. Judge Stowe has found peace and 



Robinson*. 



Sands. 

Schmertz. 
Schoenberger. 



Schoyer. 

Balkam. 



Smith. 



Smith. 



Sterling 



Stevenson. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Thurston. 



Trauerman. 



Umbstaetter. 



Whitten. 



Wood. 



comfort in devoting her life to relieving distress. In her the poor and lowly 
have a friend indeed. Not only her name is found on many benevolent 
Boards, but her hands and heart, her time and purse are also freely offered 
for their needs. Private charity and unnumbered little kindnesses scattered 
by the way, brightly adorn the coronet which crowns this noble woman's brow. 

Miss Ann Thaw, sister of Mr. William Thaw, formerly of this city, but 
now residing in Chicago, has been greatly missed by local charities. She 
took a prominent part in all large undertakings. The Sanitary Fair, general 
work during the war, the Christian and Sanitary Commissions, and the 
Woman's Christian Association from the start were all held in warm esteem. 

Mrs. J. H. Thurston has been the Secretary of the Home for Aged 
Women since its inception, and has acquitted herself so admirably that the 
managers declare her place could not be filled. She gives much of her time 
to visiting the home. 

The late Mrs. Michael Tiernan was full of the grace of a meek and lowly 
spirit, and her heart overflowed with love and kindness to the sick and 
oppressed. At the Sanitary Fair she, a lovely flower herself, was in charge 
of the floral department. 

Mrs. Trauerman, the President of the Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent 
Society, is an old lady, beautiful in countenance, and one whom all in need 
feel instinctively is to be trusted. She is quite well off, and gives with 
lavish hands to worthy objects, while she is no less sparing of her time, 
which is also at the disposal of charity. With her husband she lives in a 
pleasant home on Fayette Street, Allegheny. 

Mrs. Umbstaetter has made it her life work to do good unto the weary 
and heavy laden, and a record of her good deeds would fill a volume. 

Mrs. James Verner — than whom a sweeter wife and mother, a lovelier 

woman never lived — even in her long months of illness, surrounded as she was 

. by every comfort that money could procure or love devise, never lost her 

interest in the work to which she had given her days of health and strength. 

Miss Mary Whitten, of Allegheny, by her gracious acts of charity has 
j earned a place in the hearts "of those her goodness has made glad. 

A quiet worker, but remarkably efficient, as that class often are, the late 
Mrs. James Wood was a noble woman. Highly favored by fortune — she 
was the mother of Mr. James Wood, the millionaire, who resides on Du- 
quesne Way — she gave freely of her substance, and in every way did what 
she could. 

Mrs. Levi Wade, a member of the old Relief Society, wielded a power- 
ful pen in its interests, and in every way that lay in her power contributed 
to the success that attended it in its lease of life. 

A lovely, good and gentle woman is Mrs. R. S. Waring, of Oakland. 



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Her children, though not grown up, have passed the period of babyhood — 
a period that confines a tender mother so that she is unable to give much 
of her time to outside work. ■ She is active in Church work and in the 
Improvement of the Poor Society. 

Mrs. John Watt, a devoted Christian, a sweet mother and true friend, is 
ever ready to respond when appeals for aid are brought to her notice. Mrs. 
Henderson and Mrs. Quincy Scott both aid and abet their mother in her 
charitable work. Mrs. Scott, the young widow of the late well-known 
dentist, is a handsome brunette, vivacious and entertaining, and a great 
favorite in East End society. 



Watt. 

Henderson. 

Scott. 



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The soul of music slumbers in the shell, 
Till waked and kindled by the master's spell; 
And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour 
A thousand melodies unheard before.— Rogers. 

And the night shall be filled with music, 
And the cares that infest the day 
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, 
And as silently steal away.— Longfellow. 



Like a dainty flower in the midst of inharmonious surroundings its 
delicate grace and blushing beauty all the sweeter from the contrast 
heaven-born music flourishes in Pittsburg's busy workshop. While 
the. men, wrapped up in business cares, toil and plan and calculate 
their wives and daughters woo the higher arts. Trained vocalists and bril- 
liant instrumental performers are not uncommon. Scarcely a family but 
has at least one who can wake delightful melody to smooth out the "lines 
of care, to beautify and render life more gracious. 

Gifted not only with a sweet soprano voice, but in addition an inherited ^ DiIR 
musical taste and an aptness in absorbing all the best ideas of her instruc- 
tors, Miss Abby Adair, of Sewickley, sings with such feeling and expression 
as to awaken enthusiasm in her listeners. What is bevond the power of 
most vocalists, Miss Adair is an excellent pianiste and generally accom- 
panies herself. Miss Adair recently spent a year abroad, where she en- 
joyed the instruction of the finest of maestros. Her mother was a daughter of 
John Irwin, of Irwin Avenue, Allegheny. 

Mrs. Dr. Addison, in her day, was a brilliant and accomplished woman toMa0K 
a fine linguist and musician— equally proficient on the piano, harp and 
guitar. 

Mrs. J. J. Aland, who sings soprano, was formerly organist of a Balti- sxakd 
more church. She has been singing at St. Philomena's German Catholic 
Church for ten years. 

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Bergstresser 



Miss Carrie Baird, of the Allegheny Musical Club, is very fond of music 
and sings well. 

Miss M. Louise Baird, the pretty brunette of Monongahela City, is 
quite gifted musically. In playing the piano her touch is beautiful. In 
several instances she has essayed at composition with most pleasing re- 
sults. 

Mrs. Barnes, of the East End, is a piano performer of much taste, ren- 
dering quite a good deal of classical music in a style that would do credit 
to a professional. 

Mrs. A. W. Bean, of Allegheny, is a good pianiste, drawing out the most 
there is in the instrument. 

Mrs. John A. Bell, nee Mohr, is a well-known and greatly admired 
pianiste. Of late she is most often heard in duets with her husband. 

Miss Alida Benham, of Sheffield Street, Allegheny, a fine musician, was 
a member of the famous Gounod Club, where her rich contralto was highly 
valued. 

Mrs. J. C. Bergstresser, who sings soprano at the Cathedral, has a good 
voice and understands expression. 

At Christ Church Miss Emma Bingler, of Hazlewood, is the soprano. 
Miss Bingler began her career as a vocalist in the Hazlewood Presbyte- 
rian Church, and has been singing in Christ Church for two years. She 
has a plethora of local engagements. 

Mrs. Samuel Boyd, of Sewickley, was one of the finest of the old-time 
sopranos. About twenty or more years ago her fame was widely spread. 

Mrs. Sam Brown, nee Miss Gay Snyder, soprano, came here from Alli- 
ance, O., three or four years ago, to attend college. As a church organist in 
her native place she had learned to read music, and her sweet voice soon 
attracted the attention of her Pittsburg tutors, who left nothing undone to 
bring her prominently before the public. Until her marriage a year or more 
ago Mrs. Brown sang in the First Presbyterian Church. 

Mrs. Burgoyne, wife of Prof. Arthtir Burgoyne of the Ralston School, 
who is himself a fine musician, has a sweet and powerful contralto voice. 

Miss Philomena Buerkle, one of the sopranos at St. Philomena's, has 
been singing solos for thirty years, and her voice has not yet lost its pristine 
freshness and brilliancy. She is an expert sight reader. 

Miss Ida Burgy, of Washington Street, Allegheny, is a thorough musi- 
cian. She not only plays with beauty and great expression, but understands 
the subject. She reads with wonderful quickness and correctness. 

The palm for being the best amateur pianiste in town has been awarded 
by the judgment of competent musicians to Mrs. Josiah Cohen. As an 
executant she excels, being also well versed in musical intelligence and 



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musical literature. She is familiar with both classical and modern schools. 
Mrs. Cohen has a home on Sheffield Street, Allegheny, which is simply 
beautiful. She is a brilliant and highly accomplished woman in various 
ways and is much sought after socially. In her own right Mrs. Cohen has 
about $130,000, and her husband's law practice yields something like $10,000 
a year. 

Miss Lizzie Corey is the soprano at Calvary Episcopal Church, East 
End. She is a resident of Braddock, has appeared at numerous public 
entertainments and is always favorably received. 

As a musician Mrs. Cote was known and admired among her friends. 

Miss Chase, who is a niece of Mrs. Edwin H. Stowe, sings soprano 
charmingly. 

One of the notable musicians of some years ago was Mrs. Chislett, nee 
Edwards. 

Mrs. A. L. Clouse, of Allegheny, plays the piano as though she loved it. 
Harmony seems to flow from her fingers almost unconsciously. 

Mrs. George Crittenden, of Superior Station, a piauiste, is a very fine 
performer, and contrary to the habit most married ladies have of giving up 
this delightful accomplishment when they become housekeepers, she prac- 
tices as assiduously as ever and takes lessons regularly. 

Miss Crouch lately came to us from the East. Hers is a delightful 
voice, a true soprano, highly cultivated and well under control. Miss 
Crouch's place in musical circles in this city is away up at the top. 

One of the most charming of brunettes, Miss Bessie Cunningham is 
highly endowed musically. She has few superiors, either as a vocalist or 
pianiste, her talent being conspicuous. She is that abnormally rare person, 
a fine accompanist, playing with feeling and expression, yet always subordi- 
nating her part to that of the singer. 

One of the fine pianistes of the city is Miss L,osey Davis, a daughter of 
Henderson Davis, of the well-known Davis family of Allegheny. 

Mrs. Kate Devore, nee Sykes, of Osburn, is the contralto in the Trinity 
Lutheran choir. Mrs. Devore' s singing is peculiarly sympathetic and full of 
expression. 

The owner of a sweet voice and having been well taught how to use it, 
Miss Bessie Dickey, of Allegheny, is a vocalist to whom it is a treat to listen. 

Mrs. N. E. Dorente, nee Mary E. Rumley, has a pure soprano voice of 
exceedingly wide range and sympathetic quality ; she readily adapts it to 
the requirements of alto, tenor or bass. She plays upon the piano any piece 
of music once heard, can compose music to any piece of poetry, and yet 
hardly knows one note from another. She is carrying what music she 



Corey. 

Cote. 
Chase. 

Chislett. 

Clouse. 

Crittenden. 



Cunningham. 



Davis. 



Dorente. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Frwin. 
Evans. 
Everts. 



Fleming. 



Fulton. 

Gibson. 
Gilmore. 



Grabowsky. 

Graver. 

Grimes. 



knows in her head. She is exceedingly domestic in her habits, and makes 
use of her musical talent at home and in response to the calls of charity only. 

Mrs. Robert Downing, of Philadelphia, nee Miss Kate Dickson, of 
Lawrenceville, a handsome brunette, is, as Professor Tetedoux used to say, 
full to overflowing of music. She talks as she sings and plays, brilliantly. 

Miss Mary Erwin, of Sewickley, has a strong, sweet contralto voice. 
She sang for a time in the Sixth Presbyterian Church of this city. 

Mrs. William R. Evans, nee Howell, possessed of a pure soprano voice, 
is a vocalist who unites careful training to great natural ability. 

Mrs. Everts, a sister of Charles F. Nahmacker, of New York, formerly of 
this city, reads and composes music, and is at the head of a German literary 
society. Mrs. Everts is highly educated and a linguist, speaking fluently 
several languages. At her home at Ben Venue she and her son and their 
friends hold a concert every Monday evening. 

Mrs. Fitch, nee Katie Kountz, was several } T ears ago one of our most 
admired sopranos. Mrs. Fitch is a daughter of Commodore Kountz. 

Miss Bessie Fleming, whose father, Mr. Joseph Fleming, was a famous 
tenor in his day, is the singer of the family. Her voice is soprano, of clear 
mellow tone, round and full, although not remarkably powerful. 

Mrs. Fox, nee Zern, is a contralto of considerable power and artistic in- 
telligence. She is one of a family of musicians. Mrs. Fox was formerly the 
leading contralto in the cathedral choir, now holding the position of solo 
contralto in the St. Andrew's choir. 

Mrs. Fulton, of the East End, it is easy to see, loves music with an ab- 
sorbing devotion that could not have other than good results in her piano 
studies. She plays well and keeps on improving. 

Miss Sallie Gibson, formerly an Alleghenian, was an exquisite pianiste, 
almost faultless in expression. 

Mrs. James Gilmore, nee Maud Evans, of Allegheny, is decidedly musi- 
cal, a sweet soprano singer and an organist of no little merit. In per- 
son she is of medium height, plump, has dark hair and eyes and a very 
pretty, sweet, expressive face. Mrs. Gilmore was one of the Easter brides 
last spring. 

Miss Jessie Godfrey, of Penn and Winebiddle Avenues, is a musician, 
vocally — a contralto — and instrumentally. 

Mrs. Grabowsky is a delicious contralto, her voice full and melodious, 
and her rendition refined. 

Miss Annie Graver is a pupil of which any teacher might be proud — a 
really fine performer. 

The late Mrs. Dr. Grimes, of Sewickley, was a favorite singer of that 
valley, her voice being a rich soprano of remarkably fine calibre. 



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At the North Avenue M. E. Church, Allegheny, Miss Ella Graham, Graham. 
daughter of Hon. James L. Graham, permits her excellent contralto to be 
heard. She declines to sing in any other church than this, because it is her , 
father's place of worship. 

A spirited pianiste and thorough musician is Miss Hanauer, of Fayette Hanauer. 
Street, Allegheny. Her touch is light, yet distinct. 

A real musician, singing and playing in a delightful manner, Miss Julia ' Harding. 
Harding, of Liberty Street, can lay claim to several other accomplishments, 
the chief, perhaps, being her proficiency in French. 

Mrs. Theodore Hartman, of the East End, is a vocalist of fine ability. \ Hartman. 

Many old Pittsburgers remember Mrs. Mary Hawes' clear, silvery ! hawes. 
soprano, as it sought the vaulted roof of St. Andrew's, some forty-five or 
fifty years ago. Mrs. Hawes' maiden name was Mary Jane McGahan, and 
she was a niece of Dr. McGill, of Princeton, her mother being a sister 
of the distinguished divine. Miss McGahan was probably the first paid 
choir-singer in this city. When she married the Rev. Lawman Hawes, who 
had just graduated from the Western Theological Seminary, her wedding 
was made notable by the presence of fifty ministers, the majority of them 
being, like the bridegroom, newly-fledged men of the cloth. 

Miss Flora Hays, Dr. I. N. Hays' pretty brunette daughter, is an accom- 
plished musician, her execution being easy and brilliant. 

Miss Blanche Hazlett, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John N. | Hazlett. 
Hazlett, is developing great musical talent. She has a sweet voice, and in 
instrumental work she is improving rapidly. 

Miss Clemmie Hoeveler is fortunate in the possession of a fine contralto hoeveler. 
voice. 

Mrs. Henry Holdship is decidedly musical, is a finished and brilliant ; holdship. 
performer on the piano and thorough^ understands the science of music. [ 
She is also artistic and literary in her tastes, and what is rarer, a woman 
who thinks for herself and to some purpose ; has opinions of her own on 
most important subjects and the ability to express them. The family live in i 
a handsome residence on Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny. 

Miss Mary Holmes, of Penn Avenue, has a lovely contralto voice, her holmes. 
singing excelling in tender pathos and a wealth of expression. 

Though Mrs. Charles Humbert, nee Josie Smith, has been married and Humbert. 
completely out of musical circles for perhaps eight or ten years, the memory 
of her sweet, tender contralto notes has not faded, but serves to make her 
friends even yet critical of new aspirants to favor. 

As Miss Nettie McFadden, Mrs. William Hunter, contralto for years in Hunter. 
the Trinity choir, has an experience of many 3 T ears in choir-singing. Prior 
to her engagement at Trinity she sang at different times at St. Peter's P. E. 



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Johnston. 
Johnston. 



Kelley. 



KlLLIKELLY. 



and the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Her voice is resonant and powerful 
and shows careful training. 

Mrs. Abe Israel is among the best pianistes of the city. Grace of exe- 
cution, brilliancy of touch, a true knowledge of technique, are some of her 
strong points. Mrs. Israel, until quite recently Miss Tillie Baer, is consid- 
ered one of the prettiest Jewish women in Pittsburg. Her beauty is of the 
purely Hebrew type, dark complexion and hair and eyes. 

Mrs. J. B. Johnston, of Fifth Street, is a musician of considerable taste. 
Her instrumental work is well rendered and full of expression. 

Mrs. J. B. Johnston, nee Miss Coax, of Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, 
owns a soprano voice of fine calibre. She was under the instruction of the 
vocal teacher at the Pittsburg Female College for several terms, and hers 
was pronounced the best of the voices he was then training. 

Miss Carrie Kellar, soprano at St. Stephen's R. C. Church, Hazelwood, 
is a close student, and is coming rapidly into public notice. 

Mrs. W. E. Keller is the soprano at the Union Avenue M. B. Church. 
She has a lovely voice and knows how to handle it. Mrs. Keller is also 
quite an artist, having done much good work in crayon and with the brush. 
She comes of a fine old family, the Maclays, one of whom was the wife of 
Rev. Dr. Brownson, of Washington, Pa. 

Mrs. Kelley, nee Birdie Downing, is one of the really brilliant pianistes 
in the city. Before her marriage she enjoyed a wide local reputation as a 
finished musician. 

Mrs. F. W. Kiefer, a prominent soprano, sings with great satisfaction to 
the congregation at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Allegheny. 

Miss Sallie Killikelly, of the East End, is talented in music and litera- 
ture, and is one of the most accomplished of women. She is a fine organist, 
playing with rare taste. 

A niece of Bishop Whitehead's, Miss King, of Ellsworth Avenue, is a 
thorough musician. Besides her ability as a performer she has good knowl- 
edge of the literature of music and the classics, and also sings alto in a 
charming manner. 

Miss Ida Kleber, daughter of Mr. Henry Kleber, enjoys the distinction 
of being one of the very few ladies who have been successful in musical com- 
position. Her skill as a pianiste is well known, and as an able interpreter of 
the best classical works she has few, if any, superiors. Miss Kleber has a 
wonderful soprano voice, and has sung with success at some of the large con- 
certs given in Steinway Hall, New York. Hers is the Italian method. 
Madame Capiani was her instructor. 

Musical (a fine performer on the piano), literary, an accomplished lin- 
guist, intellectual and a delightful conversationalist — her pretty German 



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accent only adding to the charm— Mrs. J. L. Koethen, formerly of Sewickley, 
now of Riverside, California, is an unusually talented woman. 

Miss Sophie Koblantz, of Allegheny, is one of the teachers of music at 
the Beaver Female Seminary. She attends to the vocal department, and is 
quite a fine vocalist herself. 

Miss " Libbie " Leonard is a musician of much ability and taste. 

Miss Alice Lewis, of Emsworth, is a fine musician, vocal and instru- 
mental harmony being equally in her line. Her voice is a clear soprano. 

Miss Enolo Lewis, of Mt. Washington is a pianiste of much skill. 

An Englishwoman by birth, Mrs. K. O. Lippa, a truly wonderful musi- 
cian, has made Allegheny her adopted home. As an organist and a piano 
teacher she has few rivals. She is a rapid sight-reader and a brilliant execu- 
tant. Mrs. Lippa has published several compositions of considerable merit. 
A graduate of Leipsic — completing a three-years' course in two years, and 
taking first honors in a class of sixty-four— she has played before several of 
the German royal families. It was at one of her recitals that Hope Glenn, 
the American contralto, made her debut. 

Mrs. Loeffler, contralto at St. Paul's Cathedral, lived in Canton, Ohio, 
until the time of her marriage. She sang for a number of years at St. 
Philomena's Church before joining the Cathedral choir. 

Miss Jessie Long, of Sewickley, whose strong point lies in the sympa- 
thetic cadence of her voice, is a soprano of wide range. Miss Loner i s 
wrapped up in her music and gives much of her time to study. 

Mrs. I. G. Lyon, an East End lady of decided musical ability, devotes 
her leisure time to the piano. Her playing is a source of delight to her 
friends. 

Miss Emma Mabon, daughter of Dr. Mabon, of Allegheny, a petite 
blonde, is blessed with great musical talent, which it has been her pleasure 
and care to cultivate. She plays the piano delightfully and also paints very 
prettily. 

Mrs. Chris L. Magee, nee Gillespie, who comes of a musical family, 
plays brilliantly, and has the uncommon faculty of playing correctly the 
most difficult compositions after merely hearing them. Coming home from 
an opera she can sit down at the piano and render any number that took her 
fancy, indeed, has been known to go through the whole score of a new 
opera. Her nieces, the Misses Gillespie, daughters of the late Asa Gillespie, 
have much of Mrs. Magee's musical talent. 

The Misses Maloney are both bright girls, shining particularly in musi- 
cal circles. They play well and expressively. 

Miss Marshall, of Glenfield, is a spirited performer on the piano. 



Leonard. 

Lewis. 



Lewis. 
Lippa. 



Loeffler. 



Long. 



Lyon. 



Magee. 
Gillespie. 



Maloney. 
Marshall. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Mays. 



McCleery-. 



MCCONNELL. 



McCreery. 



McCULLOUGH. 



McDonald. 



Mrs. Harry Mays, formerly of Philadelphia, but now one of Pittsburg's 
musicians, is equally good as a pianiste or vocalist. 

Mrs. Charles Mellor has a magnificent soprano voice of wide range and 
silvery, sparkling quality. Mrs. Mellor has for years ranked with the lead- 
ing vocalists of this city. She was a Miss Reinhart, of the famous artistic 
family, Mr. Stanley Reinhart, the world-noted artist, being a brother. 

Miss Annie Miller, of North Avenue, Allegheny, is rapidly becoming 
one of the really fine pianistes of the city. 

Miss Grace Miller, now singing soprano at St. Paul's Cathedral, is a 
rising young singer of considerable ability. She sang for several years at 
St. Peter's pro-Cathedral, Allegheny. 

When Mrs. Will Miller was Miss May Ihmsen she used to accompany 
herself on the harp, the blending of her sweet contralto and the angelic 
toned instrument producing ideal harmony. 

Mrs. Frank Moore, nee Amelia Dunn, daughter of W. J. Dunn, of Laurel 
Station, is pretty, bright and entertaining, and plays and sings excellently. 
In instrumental music she took a medal at the Pittsburg Female College 
several years ago. 

Miss Ella Mullen, St. Andrew's sweet soprano, sang for a number of 
years in Catholic churches before accepting her present position. Her rich, 
resonant voice is seldom heard outside of the choir of St. Andrew's, unless 
in a concert for some religious or charitable purpose. She is a resident of 
Watercure, Pa. 

Miss Munroe, daughter of George Munroe, Esq., of the South Side, is a 
musician who loves the art. 

The Misses Murphy, of Ben Venue Place, are naturally musical. Miss 
Birdie is a delightful instrumental performer, playing entirely by ear. Miss 
Ada has sung soprano in the Cathedral choir. Both young ladies are mem- 
bers of the Mozart Club. 

Miss May Murphy was one of the old Gounod Club's contraltos. Her 
voice is rounded and well cultivated. 

Miss Caddie McCleery, of Sewickley, plays beautifully on the piano. 
Her talent is far above the average, and music with her is an enthusiasm. 

Miss Martha McConnell, of the East End, is a pianiste to whom it is a 
real pleasure to listen. 

Miss McCreery, one of Professor Retter's brightest pupils, who had 
previously studied in New York, is remarkable for her brilliant execution. 

The Misses Jessie and Estelle McCullough, of Eawrenceville, are both 
fine pianistes. 

Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, nee Annie Colville, is one of Pittsburg's sweet 
singers, of whom j-oung and old, rich and poor, feel proud. She has a pure 



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MdLWAINE. 



MCINTOSH. 



Mcknight. 



Mcknight. 



soprano voice of great compass, and is especially fine in oratorio, sacred music 
being particularly her forte. Mrs. McDonald sings for the G. A. R. on all 
festal occasions, and also on Decoration Day. She enjoys the proud distinc- 
tion of being the only feminine member of that order in the city, one of the 
Posts having conferred an honorary membership on her in recognition of her 
services. She resides in a lovely home in Sewickley. Mrs. McDonald is 
the soprano of the First Presbyterian Church. 

Miss Lizzie Mcllwaine, alto at the First Presbyterian Church, is a 
teacher in the Fourth Ward Schools, Allegheny. She sang in the North 
Avenue M. E. Church prior to her present engagement. She is a good 
sight-reader, and has a fine, well-cultivated voice. 

Miss Nannie Mcintosh, the owner of a lovely voice, which training 
and cultivation has rendered doubly effective, a queen among amateur 
actresses, is a brilliant girl every way. Miss Mcintosh does not rest upon 
her laurels, but keeps up her studies. 

Miss Emmeline McKnight, of Penn Avenue and Fifth Street, a fine- 
looking, attractive girl, sings very sweetly, her voice being a rich soprano. 

Miss Mame McKnight, of Allegheny, is one of the sweet sopranos of 
the Mozart Club. 

Miss Cora Neeb is a musician of great natural talent, whose enthusiasm 
renders her indefatigable in study, and she naturally attains the best results. 

Miss Lizzie Norcross, who sings delightfully, is a vocal teacher at 1 1 — 
Greensburg. Miss Norcross is a daughter of Dr. Norcross, of the Pitts- 
burg Female College. 

Mrs. Joseph T. Nevin, of Sewickley, as a pianiste has few equals. The 
ease with which she reads music, extreme delicacy of touch, brilliancy of 
execution and pretty shading are the notable features of her playing. As 
a testimonial of her proficiency as a school-girl the medal of the Pittsburg 
Female College as first prize in music, which she secured, is conclusive. 
Mrs. Nevin is a daughter of the late Captain William Cunningham. 

The owner of a pure soprano voice, at times melting and infinitely 
sweet, again sparkling and bird-like in quality, Mrs. Nevin, the young 
widow of W. H. Nevin, of Sewickley, has a gold mine did she but choose 
to work it. Having had the advantage of studying under the direction of 
the best of Philadelphia maestros, Mrs. Nevin has learned how to use her 
great gift rightly, her modulation and expression being perfect. She 
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carnaghan, of New York, formerly 
of this city. Her great-grandfather on her mother's side, whose name was 
Cowan, was an officer in the Revolutionary arm}-. 

Mrs. C. H. Ogden, nee Wilkins, of Bellevue, is a fine instrumental ; Ooden. 
musician. 



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RlTZ. 
ROBB. 



ROBB. 



The four daughters of Mr. Edward Oxnard, of Sheffield Street, Alle- 
gheny, are all fine musicians, all blondes in type and of various degrees 
of prettiness. Miss Phillipa, the eldest, is a charming talker. Miss Flora, 
the second, disputes the distinction of being the beauty of the family with 
the youngest, Miss Alice. Miss Jean, who is the darkest of the four, is 
lively in manner and an accomplished dancer — as indeed are they all. 

Mrs. John O. Phillips, of Allegheny, sings only in private, but to that 
somewhat limited circle of listeners can give a great amount of pleasure by 
her finished vocalization. Her voice is an alto of power and sweetness. 

Mrs. O. H. Phillips is a fine instrumentalist and understands the theory 
of music. 

Mrs. J. E. Porter, one of the Mozart Club's prominent members, is a 
vocalist of high order. 

A natural musician is Miss Belle Ramsey, of Osburn. Her quick 
sympathetic ear and inborn ideas of harmony have done as much for her, 
perhaps more, than the technical knowledge imparted by music masters. 

Miss Grace Raymond is a fine instrumental performer. Miss Raymond 
is an Emsworth girl. 

Miss Bessie, daughter of N. P. Reed, of Oakland, is quite a brilliant 
pianiste. She is naturally musical and has had the benefit of the best of 
instruction. 

Mrs. George Reed, of the East End, is an excellent instrumental per- 
former, playing with rare expression. 

Mrs. Joseph P. Reed, who was a Miss Anshutz, of the East End, is a 
pianiste of brilliant ability. 

One of the sweetest singers of the Shadyside choir is Miss Clementine 
Rees, a stylish, lively, pretty girl, pleasant in disposition and a great favorite 
in society. 

In her deep, sweet-toned contralto voice, Mrs. John Roe, of Sewickley, 
has an endowment which a professional singer might well covet. Few 
concerts, cantatas or the like are brought out in that place in which Mrs. 
Roe is not asked to interpret a leading role. 

Miss Sadie Ritz is a soprano of growing local note as a concert singer. 

Mrs. Charles Robb, a niece of Rev. Van Dusen, is an organist of correct 
method and fine ability. 

Miss Jennie Robb is quite a musician. Her touch on the instrument is 
calculated to impress her hearers with a knowledge of her great power, 
exhibiting, as it does, a true appreciation of melody. 

The sweet freshness of Irene Sample's voice proclaims her one of Pitts- 
burg's coming prima donnas. She is the soprano of the Arch Street M. E. 
Church. Already Miss Sample has won laurels, having on several occasions 



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67 



interpreted the title role of cantatas with signal success. Miss Sample is a 
daughter of Thomas G. Sample, Past Commander of Post 128, G. A. R. 

Miss Ada Scandrett has been the soprano of Christ Episcopal Church 
for five 3-ears. She has a sweet sympathetic voice of pure calibre. 

Quite an array of talent is the portion of Miss Caroline Schmertz. Her 
dramatic ability is only second to her musical taste. A good performer on 
the piano, she has also a lovely contralto voice, which she knows how to use 
to the best purpose. 

Mrs. Robert Scott, nee Dickson, a daughter of Thomas Dickson, of 
Lawrenceville, is highly educated musically. Her playing is delicate, yet 
brilliant. 

Mrs. William Scott, nee King, formerly one of Professor Tetedoux's 
favorite pupils, is a cultivated musician and a delightful vocalist — a con- 
tralto. 

Miss Lizzie Semple, of Allegheny, a highly educated young lady, is, 
moreover, a very good pianist. 

Miss Bertha Skelton, of the South Side, sings contralto and is devoted 
to music. 

Whether or not it is the purity of the atmosphere on Mt. Washington's 
pinnacle that successfully woos the muse of song, the fact remains, musicians 
cluster on the hill-top in considerable numbers. Mrs. Frank Smith, an instru- 
mental performer, Mrs. Joshua Goldthorpe, the leader of the Episcopal choir, 
Miss Lulu Noble and Miss Sarah Slocum, the three last mentioned being 
vocalists, are the most prominent. 

Mrs. Michael Spencer, of Sewickley, is a musician of great talent. Al- 
though not often heard, when she so chooses she can make the piano — her 
favorite instrument — speak. 

Miss Spring is one of the musical girls, and has been endowed with a 
voice of great sweetness and expression. 

Miss Strouss, the organist of the Central Presbyterian Church, plays with 
great expression. 

Miss Julia Taylor, daughter of Dr. Taylor, of Beaver, plays beautifully 
and is teaching music at the College there, of which her father is President. 

The Eighth Presbyterian Church, on Herron Hill, boasts of one of the 
prettiest sopranos in the city — Miss Mattie Taylor, a graduate of the Pittsburg 
Female College. Miss Taylor will soon give up singing to accompany her 
future husband, a minister of the Gospel, to his home near Boston. 

Mrs. Frank Tener, better known as Birdie Lucas, was, before her mar- 
riage a few years ago, at the top of the profession in this city. Her voice is 
a soprano, full, rich and powerful. She was a favorite concert singer and 
made quite a hit in New York. Mrs. Tener has retired to domestic life at Os- 



SCANDRETT. 



Smith. 
Goldthorpe. 
Noble. 
Slocum. 



Taylor. 



Tener. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Tomer. 



Totten. 



TOTTEN. 



burn, only occasionally emerging therefrom at the earnest request of friends 
to take part in a concert or other musical entertainment. 

Miss Belle Tomer, alto, has a rather checkered history. She is anorphan, 
and were it not for her fine voice would have had no very smooth road to 
travel in this world. Her musical talents attracted the notice of a gentleman 
of wealth, who bore the expense of her education until she was able to sup- 
port herself by her voice. Miss Tomer has sung in the choirs of Trinity 
Church, Emory M. E. Church, Christ P. E. Church, Allegheny, and the Sixth 
Presbyterian Church, from which she went to Christ Church a short time ago. 

A finished performer on the piano, Miss Louise Totten, daughter of Mr. 
Robert Totten, of Allegheny, is a musician, every inch of her, and is never 
happier or more at home than when waking the chords of melody from the 
keys of her favorite instrument. 

Miss Tuella Totten, of Eawrenceville, a pianiste, has a brilliant execu- 
tion and consummate technique. The dash and vigor of her playing is com- 
bined with a tenderness of touch and pretty shading. She received her 
musical education in the East, and when she returned last spring gave a 
delightful recital to her friends and admirers here. 

Miss Agnes Vogel, contralto, is the sister of John S. and Joseph A. Vogel. 
She sings at Calvary, where she receives the highest salary ever paid to a con- 
tralto in this city. Miss Vogel made her debut in opera at Erie, two years 
ago, in a performance of " Czar and Zimmerman." She is but twenty years 
of age, and with her magnificent voice and natural ability has a bright future 
before her. 

The attractions of Miss Kate Walker, of Elizabeth, are so numerous, 
'twould be vain to attempt to chronicle them. In person she is plump and 
prettily formed, with a riante face, pearly, rose-tinted complexion, and a 
wealth of bright golden hair, forming a tout etisembte absolutely irresistible. 
She was one of the star pupils of the Pennsylvania Female College a few 
years since, music being her specialty. She plays with great brilliancy and 
facility. 

At Grace Reformed Church, on Grant Street, the soprano is Miss Rosa 
Weber, a fair, robust little German maiden, who wears eye-glasses and sings 
like a bird. Miss Weber studied music under Professor Tetedoux, and was 
by him introduced to the public in various operatic roles, including that of 
Adalgisa in "Norma." She was one of the stars of the Gounod Club. Her 
experience as a choir singer has been gained at the Cathedral, at Christ 
Church, Allegheny, and at Grace Church, where she is now engaged for the 
second time. Miss Weber has sung in the chorus at all the festivals of the 
Musical Union. 

The choir of the Third Presbyterian Church, on Sixth Avenue, is one of 



MUSICAL. 



the best in the city. Mrs. Jean Wallace-Webster, soprano, has occupied her 
present position for four years. She began her professional career as leading j 
prima donna of the Gounod Club. Under the tuition of Professor Tetedoux 
Mrs. Webster, then familiarly known to the public as Jean Wallace, culti- 
vated her naturally fine voice to such excellent advantage that she easily 
outranked all competitors and came to be recognized as Pittsburg's leading 
vocalist. Her services were in constant demand at concerts in all parts of 
Western Pennsylvania, and her popularity became so great that no musical 
event of importance was considered complete without her. She sang for a 
number of years at St. Andrew's before accepting the position she now holds. 

The Misses Wells, daughters of Charles F. Wells, of Oakland, are both Wells. 
musical, playing with great taste. Miss Clara is very tall ; her hair is golden 
and her skin fair. Miss Alice is also blonde in style. 

Miss Tillie White has had thousands of dollars spent on her musical White. 
education. Her voice is a sweet soprano of rich quality. 

Mrs. W. H. White, nee Kate B. Erwin, of Sewickley, is possessed of white. 
uncommon musical talent. In singing her voice is a sweet mezzo-soprano, and 
as an organist she plays with rare feeling and taste. She was organist of the 
Sewickley M. E. Church for many years and until her marriage last October. 

The Misses Whitesell, of Sewicklej r , coming as they do of a musical Whitesell. 
family, could scarcely help showing some talent in that line, if they tried. 
Miss Minnie is an instrumental performer of much merit, and Miss Annie a ' 
pleasing vocalist. 

Miss Carrie Whiting, Prof. Amos Whiting's talented daughter, stands Whiting. 
near the top in this city as an amateur pianiste. Miss Whiting is a really 
brilliant performer and is in frequent request as a concert star. 

A finished performer on the piano is Miss Aggie Wier, daughter of Attorney Wier. 
Wier. She is musical to a remarkable degree, and shows it in her ability 
and determination to master the most difficult work. 

Miss Williams, of Lawrenceville, plays well on her chosen instrument, Williams. 
the piano, and spends much time in musical studies. 

Miss Jane Wilson, daughter of the lamented Dr. S. J. Wilson, is an ex- Wilson. 
tremely pretty girl, a conversationalist, whose charm lies in her originality 
and unconventional train of thought, and also quite musical, her voice being 
a bird-like soprano. 

Mrs. John Wilcox is one of the finest vocalists in Pittsburg. Her voice, Wilcox. 
while of great compass, is a pure mezzo-soprano. It is rich in tone, of sym- 
pathetic quality and has received the highest cultivation, she having been 
at different times a pupil of Barili, the celebrated maestro, Patti's half- 
brother, and Prof. Tetedoux. Mrs. Wilcox was, before her marriage, a Miss J 
Mygat, of Washington. She sang first at Trinity and later at St. Matthew's 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Wrenshall. 



Catholic Church, which has a very fashionable congregation, most of the 
diplomats attending. 

Mrs. Richard Wrenshall, nee McCleery, of Sewickley, a very popular 
young woman, sings delightfully, her voice being a clear, high-pitched 
soprano. 

Mrs. M. E. Yeatman, as Blanche Fullerton, was conceded to be one of 
the leading local singers. She was one of the Easter brides, and spent the 
summer in England with her husband's relatives. 



WOMEN OF WEALTH 



WOMEN. OF WEALTH 



An elegant sufficiency, content, 

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, 

Ease and alternate labor, useful life, 

Progressive virtue and approving Heaven. — Thomson. 

Rich the treasure, 

Sweet the pleasure. — Dryden. 



T7T)iTTSBURG, at the present day, is happily blessed with much wealth — not 
I (s that which delights in lavish display and vain ostentation, but real, 
*■ solid, quiet, hard-earned fortunes. For years and years and years, men 
worked and toiled and saved (the women by their sides doing their 
full and equal share) with the end in view — not their own comfort and ease, 
but — that the children to come after them might enjoy the privilege of riches, 
the higher education, the social pleasures, they themselves had been denied. 
That -generation of toilers has passed away, and the descendants who have 
taken up the work the tired old hands laid down have a much easier time of 
it. This generation is learning, too, to spent the bulky fortunes, the number 
of fair, daintily-nurtured women, who, like the lilies of the field, toil not, 
neither do they spin, yet are gorgeously arrayed, being yearly on the in- 
crease. The changes in the household are quite as noticeable. The midday 
simple dinner and plain dessert has given way to the 6 o'clock meal of 
many courses. The servants are multiplied three, four or five-fold, dress- 
coats and diamonds, prancing steeds and shilling coupes are everyday mat- 
ters. In a thousand different ways is the affluence of our citizens made 
apparent. Our rich men's wives enjoy all these luxuries. But we have also 
a large class of independently wealthy women — maids and widows— who can 
easily rival them. It is authoritatively stated that the larger portion of the 
stock of the Bank of Pittsburg is owned by women. Immense tracts of 
real estate, almost priceless, by reason of being in the heart of the city, be- 

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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Arbuthnot. 
McClintock. 



Armstrong. 



long to a few of our favored women. The rich women, of whom short 
sketches are given below, are all possessed, either in their own right or 
through their husbands, of not less than $500,000, and in the majority of 
cases of a good deal more. It is a pretty good showing of our city's wealth. 
The wife of Charles Arbuthnot, of Arbuthnot & Stevenson, has the privi- 
lege of assisting in spending the income of the million or more with which Mr. 
Arbuthnot is credited. They live on Fifth Avenue and Putnam Street. Mrs. 
Arbuthnot is one of the efficient workers in charitable affairs, besides giving 
liberally. Miss Arbuthnot is a tall, fine-looking girl, with graceful, pleasant, 
manners. Her sister, Mrs. Jonas R. McClintock, is a lovely, gracious 
woman. Both were educated at Miss Eatta's famous Philadelphia school. 

Mrs. Thomas Armstrong lives in a large and handsome house on Shet- 
land Avenue, near Lincoln, East End. She cares nothing for show, and 
seldom goes into society. To flowers and flower culture she is devoted, and 
their conservatory is one of the finest in the city. Mr. Armstrong is con- 
ceded to be a millionaire. 

Mrs. Arthurs, widow of John Arthurs, who has recently become widely 
known through her niece, Nina Van Zandt-Spies, has had a life not untinged 
with romance. Her husband had been her mother's lover in her girlhood, 
afterwards transferring his affection to the daughter. In the magnificent old 
Arthurs' place in Oakland, the widow with her parents lives, surrounded by 
eve^' elegance and comfort. Mrs. Arthurs is quite a worker in charitable 
enterprises and a warm friend to the foreign mission work. 

When Dr. Robert Arthurs' daughter, who is now Mrs. Ralph Bagaley, 
was at school, her teachers all prophesied for her a brilliant future. Her 
mind is of a rarely fine order. Intellectually she has few superiors. Her 
bright originality renders her wonderfully attractive. In person she is a 
beauty of a patrician type, clear-cut features that are almost stern in their 
perfect regularity, a demi-brunette, with an exquisite paleness of complex- 
ion, a paleness that differs widely from an unhealthy pallor. She is that 
unusual creature — a woman that knows how to walk. She carries herself 
like an empress. Mrs. Bagaley is a society woman of a moderate kind, and 
is wealthy in her own right. Mr. Bagaley is worth over a million. 

From her father, the late George Jackson, of Penn Avenue, Mrs. Frank 
Bissell inherited a fine fortune of about $700,000. Mr. Bissell, too, is 
wealthy, and they live very handsomely at Brushton. Mrs. Bissell is a tall, 
fine-looking lady, very kind and charitable, has a penchant for fine china 
and bric-a-brac, and entertains occasionally in splendid style. 

Mrs. Black, nee Jackson, wife of John Black, Sr., lives in good style at 
Swissvale. She is a fine woman in addition to being a wealthy one. The 
Hotel Duquesne is her property, and with her other properties of various 



WOMEN OF WEAL TH. 



75 



kinds makes her wealth about half a million. The estate at Swissvale is said 
to be the finest and largest, to be so near a city, in the country. 

Mrs. Alexander Bradley's pretty home is at Millvale Station, P. R. R. 
Her husband, who, in addition to his other business affairs, is President of 
the Tradesmen's National Bank, is worth over a million. 

Mrs. Felix R. Brunot, nee Hogg, whose husband is a millionaire, is one 
of the most prominent of those who give their time to good works. She 
rises at six, as she says she has so much to do she would never °- e t 
through if she allowed herself a morning nap. Clergymen are entertained 
in a delightfully hospitable way at the Brunot homestead on Stockton Avenue, 
Allegheny, and Mrs. Brunot's horses and carriage are kept constantly 
on the go, carrying that good lady about on her errands of mercy. She 
dresses with a quaint, old-fashioned simplicity, the material of her garments 
being always handsome, that exactly suits the sweet, kindly face. Her 
house is old-fashioned too, full of quaint and curious things, ancient silver 
candlesticks, snuffers, brass andirons and the like. like the mistress, the 
mansion is full of interest and worth a study. 

Mrs. A. M. Byers, sister of Cochran, Joseph and James P. Fleming, was 
quite a belle in her girlhood days. She was plump and bewitchingly pretty, 
with brown hair, blue eyes and a brilliant complexion. She is a musician of 
considerable talent, is prominent in society affairs, dresses handsomely and 
has rather more than her share of diamonds and other stones, rich and rare 
—the aggregate value of the contents of her jewel case being about $30,000. 
Mr. Byers is worth over a million. Miss Maud Byers, a pretty girl, educated 
in New York, was a ' ' bud ' ' of last season. 

Mrs. John Caldwell has experienced the pleasure of having her pin 
money doubled, trebled, quadrupled over and over again, all in a very short 
space of time. It is not many years ago since her husband's yearly income 
was but $1,200, and now it would be hard to calculate just how large it is. 
Mr. Caldwell is in the Philadelphia Company, and is Mr. Westinghouse's 
confidential friend, a fact that goes far to explain his rapid strides to°fortune. 
Their residence at Edgewood cost from $50,000 to $60,000 or more, and is 
one of the handsomest in the place. Mr. Caldwell is a millionaire. 

Mrs. James Callery, of Union Avenue, Allegheny, is very fond of travel. 
Her special friends share in the privilege of her husband's private car, and 
many a gay party, the guests of Mrs. Callery, luxuriously roll across the 
country in it. She is a good Catholic, delighting to do any sort of parish 
work that comes in her way ; her dressing is notably handsome, her dia- 
monds fine ; she loves to entertain, and does so lavishly and well. Mr. 
Callery is said to be quite rich, almost a millionaire. Mrs. J. D. Callery, Jr., 
a daughter-in-law, was a Miss Marcella, of the Fast Fud. 



Bradley. 



Bruxot. 



Byers. 



CALDWELL. 



Callery. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Carnegie. 
Bradley. 
Coleman. 
Fuller. 



Carr. 



Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, the wife of the great iron and steel manufac- 
turer, was a New York girl, and was married in that city two years and a 
half ago. Both summers since her marriage have been spent abroad, at her 
husband's castle in the Scottish Highlands. Last summer James G. Blaine 
and family accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie on a coaching tour through 
England and Scotland. Mrs. Carnegie is a thoroughly charming young 
woman, highly cultured and intellectual. While not classically beautiful her 
face lights up so wonderfully when she talks that it is fairly lovely. Mr. 
Carnegie is the richest man in Pittsburg, his wealth being estimated at from 
twenty to forty millions. The Carnegies have an elegant residence in New 
York. 

Mrs. T. M. Carnegie was Miss Lucy Coleman, daughter of the late Wm. 
Coleman, the builder and owner of the Opera House. On her marriage her 
father gave her a dowry of $60,000, and when he died her share of the estate 
amounted to half a million. When, a few years ago, her husband, who was a 
brother of Andrew Carnegie, died, he left her three or four millions to keep the 
wolf from the door. Mrs. Carnegie is petite, dark, pretty and surprisingly young 
looking when one remembers her nine olive branches. Miss Retta Carnegie, 
the eldest child, is blooming into womanhood, and gives promise of being a 
beauty. Her Homewood residence is large and splendid, containing about 
thirty-four rooms in all. The winter home, on the island of Dungeness, 
Florida, is a perfect paradise. It is large and is always full of guests, Mrs.. 
Carnegie inviting her friends for specified times. A yacht lying at anchor, 
horses and numerous other devices for amusement prevent the time from 
hanging heavy on the hands of all admitted there. In both her homes Mrs. 
Carnegie is liberal to lavishness. Living with her are her two sisters, Mrs.. 
Bradley and Miss Florence Coleman, each of whom shared equally well 
in the father's estate. Mrs. Bradley is an exceedingly bright woman, 
with many rare business qualifications. Her only child, a daughter, she has 
placed at school at Ogontz, where Mrs. Carnegie's eldest daughter was also 
educated. Miss Coleman is a pretty little lady with beautiful dark eyes and 
attractive manners. She travels extensive^ and is seldom at home. Another 
sister is a Mrs. Fuller, of Philadelphia. She first married Dr. Fuller, and on 
his decease, after a period of widowhood, became the wife of his brother. 

Mrs. William Carr, formerly Mrs. Hilliard, of Cleveland, is a beautiful 
woman — tall, slender, graceful, brown eyes and hair, whose premature silver 
threads set off the brightness of her eyes ; dresses with splendor combined 
with taste. Her maiden days were passed in Franklin. As an equestrienne 
she is notable — she sits and rides a horse like a queen. Her diamonds, 
among them a handsome pair of ear-rings and a necklace, are elegant, but 
she still mourns the loss of her jewels, some $20,000 worth of which were 



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stolen at a summer resort a few years ago. The house and grounds of 
the Carr homestead remind one strongly of an English manor house. The 
garden parties given last summer and the year before by Mr. and Mrs. Carr 
have been pronounced by many the most elegant ever given in this city. 
Miss Hegeman, a daughter by the first marriage, lives with her mother. Mr. 
Carr is a millionaire, and Mrs. Carr has a private fortune. 

Mrs. William Darlington, of Guyasuta, is a granddaughter of General 
O'Hara. Her father was a brother of Mrs. Denny and Mrs. Croghan (Mrs. 
Captain Schenley's mother). Mrs. Darlington is literary in her tastes, a culti- 
vated, intelligent woman, and enjoys in her own right the ownership of 
many million dollars. She has two charming daughters, Misses Minnie and 
Edith Darlington. They are bright, talented girls, and have invaded the 
fields of music, art, amateur photography, tennis and literature with the 
best possible results. 

Mrs. Margaret Denny, nee Stevenson, widow of James O'Hara Denny, 
is good-looking, pleasant, cultivated, devoutly religious. Although, strictly 
speaking, a Pittsburger, her home at present is Ligonier. To this lovely 
mountain place she has given the pretty name of " Morning Side. " Mrs. 
Denny inherited #50,000 from her mother and #500,000 from her mother- 
in-law. 

Mrs. Harmer Denny, nee Lizzie Marshall, a brilliant young woman, 
fond of society, recently fell heir to a fortune of #100,000 left by her uncle, 
the late Thompson Bell. Her husband, one of the Denny heirs, is worth 
half a million. One of the loveliest dancers in the city, the social charms of 
Mrs. Denny are further augmented by her brilliant conversational powers. 

The immense Denny estate, valued at from #16,000,000 to #20,000,000, 
was divided among eight heirs, the most of whom are women. One of them 
is Mrs. McKnight, widow of Robert McKnight. She has a cool million or 
two in her own right. With her family she lives in a handsome house 
(that built by Bishop Hopkins), lately remodeled and refurnished, on Western \ Grier. 



Darlington. 



Denny. 



Denny. 



Denny. 

McKnight. 
Brevet on. 
Paxton . 
Spring. 



Avenue, Allegheny. She is fond of visiting among her friends, but can 
scarcely be called a society woman. In charitable work she and her daugh- 
ter, Miss Kate McKnight, are very active. Miss McKnight is a fine 
musician, and also paints very prettily. Mrs. McKnight's other daughters 
are Mrs. Grier and Mrs. Will Pierce. Mrs. Brereton, formerly a Miss Denny, 
another heir, is a widow, and has a lovely home at Yonkers, on the Hudson. 
Another sister is the wife of Rev. Dr. Paxton, D.D., of Princeton. Dr. Pax- 
ton was formerly pastor of the First Church, on Wood Street, and it was there 
he met and married Miss Denny. Evidently Miss Matilda Denny, the un- 
married daughter of the family, tries to fill her mother's place. She lives in 
the old homestead on Penn Avenue, and keeps open house for the numerous 



Pierce. 
Alsop. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Ferguson. 



Fleming. 
Reno. 
Nevin. 
Mcintosh. 



nieces and nephews who love to gather around her. In every way her char- 
acter is rounded and rarely lovely. The house itself is truly interesting. 
In it are many heir-looms and beautiful things that have been for ages in the 
O'Hara family. Portraits of Revolutionary ancestors, O'Haras and Dennys, 
liberally adorn the walls. Miss Denny's income is about $20,000, and were 
she not land poor, the larger portion of her property being in unproductive 
real estate, it would be doubled or trebled. Mrs. Spring, a widow, is also one 
of the Denny heirs. She is plain in her tastes, and although she enjoys 
every comfort, does not live anywhere near up to her income. She is heiress 
to half her brother's millions — Father Denny, a priest in the Catholic Church. 
Her summers are spent on the old Denny farm, at Deer Creek. The Misses 
Spring and Mrs. Reese Alsop, wife of an Episcopal minister, jare her 
daughters. 

Mrs. John Dunlap, whose husband has a fortune of perhaps $2,000,000, 
is a pretty, dark-eyed woman, sweet and unassuming, charitable and kind. 
Although prominently connected with several organizations, she does not 
limit her giving to them, but in a quiet way renders many of her fellow- 
creatures happier and better than they would have been without her. The)- 
have a lovely home in Oakland, including a green-house, surrounded by 
about thirty acres of fine pasture land. The house is large and beautifully 
furnished. One of her daughters is the wife of Nelson P. Reed, of the Com- 
mercial Gazette. 

Mr. E. M. Ferguson, Treasurer of H. C. Frick Coke Co., some years 
since married Miss Joe Mcintosh, a small, slender, attractive young lady. 
They live in a beautiful house on Fifth Avenue, Shadyside, where they 
have a toboggan slide for their little daughter, at present the only private 
one in the city. They are the proprietors of a fine steam yacht, the " Vega," 
fully manned and equipped, and in company with several guests generally 
spend the hot months in cruising along the coast. East summer the}- were 
at the Thousand Islands in their floating home. Mrs. Ferguson entertains 
charmingly, dresses with taste, ordering all her clothes from New York. 
Her jewels are beautiful, including many fine diamonds. Mr. Ferguson is a 
millionaire. 

A very pretty woman is Mrs. Cochran Fleming, Sr., of Sewickley, who 
before her marriage was Miss Sarah Huddleson. She rarely or never goes 
into society, being devoted to her house and family. Her diamonds, of which 
she has quite a number, are fine, one pair of ear-rings — solitaires — being 
valued at $5,000. Mr. Fleming is a millionaire. Mrs. John Reno, one of 
Mr. Fleming's daughters, lives near them, as does Mrs. Hughes O. Nevin, 
another daughter, while a third, Mrs. Mcintosh, widow of Kenneth 
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The wife of Aaron French, the millionaire spring manufacturer, is tall, French. 
fine looking and dresses with extreme elegance. She is musical and literary 
in her tastes, but is also fond of society. Miss Marie French, the daughter 
of the house, is bright and attractive. Mrs. and Miss French both spend 
much time in travel. 

The widow of Major Frew owns property and bonds to the value of I 
nearly, if not quite, a million. She is a fine-looking woman of middle age, 
refined and artistic in her tastes and fond of travel. Her home is a beautiful 
residence on Penn Avenue, East End. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. W. N. 
Frew, who was a Miss Berry, lives near the old Frew homestead. She 
entertains delightfully and her house is taste itself. Mr. Frew is worth a 
half million. 

The wife of Mr. H. C. Frick, the two or three times millionaire, is j Frick. 
young and fair and charming. She was the daughter of the late Asa Childs, i 
of this city. Her home in the East End is one of the handsomest in the 
city, and she is the fortunate owner of carriages, horses, diamonds and all | 
the beautiful things that money can buy. 

Fully a million and a half of good American dollars or their equivalent ' Graham. 
in lands and bonds was the snug little dowry Mrs. Cosh Graham, formerly 
Miss McKee, a ward of Hon. Thomas M. Bayne, brought to her husband on 
her marriage day. In spite of her large wealth and the many qualities that 
Avould fit her for it, Mrs. Graham devotes but a very small portion of her 
time to society. In the interesting family of lovely children that is growing 
up about her, the young mother apparently finds all the diversion she needs 
or cares for. 

Mrs. Eveline Gross, the widow of Dr. Gross, is a rich woman. She is 
the daughter of Peter Winebiddle, the owner of Winebiddle Grove and other 
large tracts of property out Penn Avenue, and from him inherited a large 
estate, somewhere near a million dollars. 

Mrs. A. Guckenheimer has earned the enviable reputation of being a Jguckenheimer. 
housekeeper of unusual excellence. In her the quality that comes next to 
godliness is largely developed, everything about her being spotless and 
shining. She lives in a large, handsomely furnished house on Western 
Avenue, Allegheny, where she entertains much company. In person she is 
large and fleshy, in disposition generous, charitable and kind. She has 
some beautiful diamonds, and through her husband, who is worth over a 
million, is as wealthy as one need care to be. 

Mrs. Mary B. Hailman, widow of G. W. Hailman, of Shady Lane, has 
a magnificent old house. All the furniture is in keeping with the massive 
richness of the architecture. Mrs. Hailman, who was a Miss Dickey, is a 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Hays. 
Howard. 



Hays. 



Hemphill. 
Hoeveler. 



Holmes. 
Hamilton. 



sweet-looking lady with dark hair and eyes ; cares nothing for gaiety, but is 
devoted to her family. Mrs. Haihnan enjoys a handsome income. 

Mrs. James Hanna, when Mr. Hanna married her, was the widow of 
Rev. Thomas, a Methodist minister. With her husband and his daughter, 
Miss Nellie Hanna, she lives in a large house situated on Fifth Avenue and 
Roup Street. She is simple in her tastes ; is always busy over some work 
of charity. She is not a society woman and travels in summer. Mr. Hanna 
is a millionaire. 

The widow of Henry Hays, or ' ' Count ' ' Hays, as he was usually called, 
was in her maiden days a Miss Howard, of the family who own the Howard 
Block. In her own right she is wealthy. She has recently built a beautiful 
new house on Hiland Avenue, in which she dwells with her two children and 
her sister, Miss Howard, who is also rich. 

The large double house of Mrs. Hays, widow of Richard Hays, on Ridge 
Avenue, Allegheny, is one of the handsomest in that aristocratic neighbor- 
hood. Mrs. Hays was a daughter of the late Boyle Irwin, of this city. She 
is a magnificent looking woman, tall, stately, graceful and possesses a 
face full of sweetness, but in which character is also noticeable. She has 
quantities of elegant laces, diamonds, beautiful horses and vehicles. Her 
daughter, Mrs. E. M. Byers, and her husband live with her. The various 
investments in which her money is placed would realize about $500,000. 

One of the youngest heiresses in the city is Miss Stella Hays, daughter 
of the late Jack Hays, Esq. Her grandfather was a prominent glass manu- 
facturer of the South Side, who at his death left $5,000,000 to be divided 
among his heirs, of whom Miss Stella is one. She is not more than sixteen 
years of age, bright, and gives promise of being quite pretty. At present 
she is at school at Ogontz, Philadelphia's fashionable seminary for young 
ladies. Mrs. Hays, the mother, is a good-looking young widow, and 
dresses with great taste. She was a Miss Dithridge, of the well-known 
Pittsburg family. 

Mrs. James Hemphill, whose husband is a member of the firm of 
Mcintosh, Hemphill & Co., although one of the wealthiest women in the 
city, is rather retiring in disposition. Miss Alice, her daughter, is pretty, 
but like her mother prefers home to social pleasures. Mrs. William A. 
Hoeveler, another daughter, is tall and stylish in appearance, a splendid 
housekeeper, whose exquisite taste has rendered her home fairly lovely. 

Another widow whose worldly possessions approximate the sum of half 
a million dollars at least is Mrs. Letitia Holmes, nee Caldwell. The stately 
brown-stone mansion, with its stained glass cathedral doors, on Irwin 
Avenue, Allegheny, facing the park, in which she dwells, is equally beau- 
tiful, inside and out. Mrs. Holmes is a tall, well-proportioned, fine-looking 



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HOSTETTER. 



woman, with black hair and eyes. Owing to having been in mourning for a 
long period she does not go out at all. Her only child, Mrs. George P. 
Hamilton, and her husband make their home with her. Mrs. Hamilton, a 
young woman, whose lovely manners and sweet disposition are proverbial, 
has a fortune of about |2oo,ooo. 

In the magnificent Butz residence, on Sherman Avenue, Allegheny, ! Holmes. 
which she bought a few years ago, Miss Jane Holmes (Baltimore Jane, as j 
she is known among her friends, for the reason that she came from that city 
and further to distinguish her from her cousin, recently deceased, of the 
same name) lives in handsome style. AVith the exception of her servants, 
of which she keeps an ample number, she lives alone. Inside and out her 
house is beautiful. Miss Holmes— a large, pleasant-looking lady of kindly I 
address— as everybody knows, is deeply interested in many charitable enter- ! 
prises. Her fortune is estimated at half a million, though very probably it 
mounts up higher. 

The widow of David Hostetter, the millionaire of "Bitters" fame, is a 
lovely old lady, a perfect picture. Her snowy white hair she wears in pom- 
padour fashion, supplemented by airy puffs. A soft, pretty complexion and 
a kindly expression make her face a pleasant one. In her tastes Mrs. Hos- 
tetter is thoroughly domestic ; famous as a housekeeper, the best sort of a 
wife and as a mother simply adorable. Mrs. Hostetter dresses in excellent 
taste, in a style entirely suitable to her years. The Hostetters live in a 
handsome house on Western Avenue, Allegheny, which, though elegantly 
furnished, is remarkable more particularly for thorough comfort. They do 
not entertain much, only once in a long while giving a really magnificent 
ball. Dr. Hostetter was worth anywhere from $5, 000,000 up. 

"Greystone," an elegant residence in the East End, is the home of 
Mrs. Howe, nee Palmer, widow of Thos. M. Howe, the millionaire steel 
manufacturer.. Mrs. Howe is an unaffected, kind, motherly woman. She 
goes but little into society, leaving all social duties to her children, who are 
quite prominent in the tipper circles of Pittsburg social life. Mrs. Howe's I 
wealth is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $2, 000, 000. Her family | 
is old-fashioned in point of numbers, there being ten or more sous and 
daughters. Among the latter are Mrs. James Brown, Mrs. Will Corcoran, 
Mrs. George Guthrie, Miss Alice Howe, who is devoted to Church work and 
has decided business talent, and Miss Eleanor Howe, whose engagement to 
Frank Nimick was announced in the fall. 

Mrs. C. G. Hussey, wife of Dr. Hussey, the great steel manufacturer, hussey. 
whose wealth is computed at from ten to twelve millions, is as far removed 
from fashionable life, through choice, as though she were obliged to abstain 
for want of sufficient means. In disposition she is singularly modest and 



Howe. 
Brown, 
Corcoran. 
Guthrie. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Irwin. 



Jackson. 



Jones. 



Jones. 



Jones. 
Laughlin. 



retiring. Her mind is of the highest order intellectually, and she possesses 
the delightful accomplishment of reading aloud remarkably well. Mrs. 
Hussey is enthusiastic in the temperance movement. They live in an 
immense house at Shadyside, which is filled with bronzes and fine statuary. 
Their conservatory is one of the finest in the city. 

Mrs. Louis Irwin, nee Riddle, of Allegheny, is a young woman of many 
graces and charms of manner. She is tall, well rounded and of a gentle 
dignity, a demi-blonde in type, whose delicate, clearly-cut features, pretty 
complexion and winning expression place her among the beauties of the 
city. Her taste in dress is fine. She is always elegantly and appropriately 
attired. Her new home, on the corner of Irwin and Western Avenue, is 
very elegant. The wealth of this young couple is estimated at $500,000. 

Mrs. Mary C. Irwin, the widow of Captain James Irwin, of Lawrence- 
ville, is particularly well known in charitable circles. The latch-string of 
her large, beautiful house on Forty-second Street is always out. The 
house is noted for its hospitality, she, the most charming of hostesses, 
having the happy faculty of making guests feel at home. 

Miss Mary Louise Jackson, of Penn Avenue, a lady of great wealth, has 
not only traveled extensively in our own country and Mexico and made 
the grand tour of Europe, but in company with her brother, with whom 
she lives, Mr. John B. Jackson, journeyed entirely around the world. Her 
delightful home, where graceful hospitality is dispensed, is beautified on 
every hand with mementoes of foreign lands. Her fortune is estimated at 
about three-quarters of a million. She is prominent in various charitable 
works and does good in many quiet ways. 

Mrs. T. M. Jones, nee Larimer, the wife of Mr. Jones of the iron firm 
of Jones & Laughlin, who is worth $2,000,000 at least, is a good woman 
of sound sense and gentle deeds, entirely unostentatious in her ways and 
manner of living and greatly beloved by all who know her well. 

Mrs. George Jones, a widow, and sister-in-law of B. F. Jones, was a Miss 
Cunningham, of the South Side. Her father was proprietor of the great 
Cunningham glass works and left her independently wealthy. She is 
bright, entertaining, fond of style, dresses magnificently, is generous and 
kind-hearted. She makes her home at the Monongahela House. 

Mrs. B. F. Jones, wife of the ex-Chairman of the Republican National 
Committee, was a Miss McMasters, and owns property in her own right, 
the Seventh Avenue Hotel being among the most valuable of her posses- 
sions. The Joneses live elegantly on Irwin Avenue, and go into society 
and entertain on a handsome scale. Mr. Jones is one of the leading iron 
millionaires. Mrs. Laughlin, widow of Alexander Laughlin, a daughter,- 
lives with her parents. Miss Alice Jones, the only unmarried daughter, 



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LEWIS. 



is one of the fiancees of the season, W. W. Willock, a Pittsburg club 
man, being the fortunate man. 

Mrs. Will Kennedy, nee Lide McClintock, has a pretty home facing 
the park on Cedar Avenue, Allegheny. She has a remarkably fine figure, 
dresses handsomely and sings delightfully. In her own right she is prob- 
ably worth $100,000, and her husband, of the firm of Marshall, Kennedy 
& Co., has a snug fortune. 

Mrs. John McMasters King, nee McCully, received a fortune of $500,000 
from her father's estate. Mr. McCully, who did business on the South Side, 
made his money in glass. The Kings board at the Monongahela House and 
live very lavishly. Mrs. King is fond of elegant dressing and harmonious 
surroundings. She spent the past summer in traveling in Europe. 

Mrs. William Lewis lives at Hazlewood. She is not a society woman, 
living very unostentatiously for the wife of so rich a man ; her husband, 
who was formerly of the firm of Lewis, Oliver & Phillips, being counted a 
millionaire. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd, whose husband, the late Henry Lloyd, the iron I 

manufacturer, left her rich with an income of about $17,000, is domestic to 
the last degree. She does not go into society at all, does not even make 
calls, dresses plainly, caring nothing for show. Her tastes are intellectual 
and her delight is in books. Miss Minnie, Mrs. Lloyd's charming daughter, 
is one of the few young girls rich in her own right. She has $300,000. In 
person she is very tiny. A fair, satiny skin, brown hair and bright brown eyes 
are hers. She is fond of social pleasures, lively and attractive and musical. 
Her engagement to H. J. King was announced some time ago. 

Mrs. Charles Lockhart, wife of the President of the Standard Oil Com- 
pany, notwithstanding the immense wealth her husband is credited with, is 
very plain in her tastes, without a trace of pride or arrogance. Mrs. Lock- 
hart is elegant, fine-looking and one of the most womanly of women. She is 
Scotch, and it was in her native land her husband married her. The Misses 
Lockhart, daughters of Mrs. Lockhart, are girls of the good, sensible sort. 
Mr. Lockhart is a millionaire two or three times over. 

Miss Jane Magee, Judge Magee's sister, lives with a maid in pleasant 
rooms at the Monongahela House. Highly educated, well read, chari- 
table, kind, she is a particularly cultivated, pleasant woman. In travel she J 
finds her principal recreation, and being the heiress to about half a million | 
she can afford to indulge her fancy. 

Mrs. Magee, Judge Magee's accomplished wife, was the daughter of the 
celebrated Rev. Dr. McLeod, of New York. Coming as she does of such a 
distinguished literary family she obtains her studious turn of mind and 
bright intellect naturally. She is notably gracious and refined in manner, 



Lockhart. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Marshall. 



Messler. 



Miller. 



altogether a woman whose acquaintance is well worth making. The Judge 
is quoted as being possessed of means to the amount of $500,000. Miss 
Margaret Magee is the only daughter; she is quite a shining social light. 

Mrs. Archie Marshall, of Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, has been made a 
rich woman in her own right through her brother, the late Thomas Bell, who 
left her $300,000. He also willed her his valuable collection of paintings, 
which is one of the largest and finest in the city. Mrs. Marshall neither goes 
into society nor entertains. Much of her time is occupied in charitable work. 
Mr. Marshall is the senior member of the firm of Marshall, Kennedy & Co., 
and is financially very well fixed, $500,000 being somewhere near his figure. 

It is quietly whispered among their friends that Judge and Mrs. Mellon, 
of Negley Avenue, are not worth more than six or eight millions. Mrs. 
Mellon was a Miss Negley, and their beautiful home and large grounds, full 
of rare statuary, are part of her father's estate. The pride of the lawn is an 
immense copper beech tree, under whose spreading branches in the summer 
time the family and their guests love to gather. Beside the paternal roof 
Mr. Thomas Mellon has built his home, and just opposite, on Negley 
Avenue, James Mellon, another son, is established, the three places, all as 
perfect as wealth can make them, a veritable earthly paradise. Mrs. 
Judge Mellon is a lovely woman and fairly idolized by her husband and 
sons. Mrs. Thomas Mellon, a sister of ex-Senator Caldwell, of Leavenworth, 
Kansas, is large and fine looking, with black hair and eyes. Mrs. James 
Mellon, a daughter of General Larimer, is famous as a hostess, entertaining 
beautifully, yet unassumingly. Her house is one of the loveliest in the two 
cities, full of beautiful things gathered in their travels. They have visited 
California, Mexico, and have been in Europe several times. 

Mrs. T. D. Messier, nee Varick, whose husband is worth probably over 
$2,000,000, has also quite a nice fortune in her own right. She is an elegant ■ 
and refined woman, but cares nothing for society, living quietly. Her son 
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Remsen V. Messier, live with her. Mrs. 
Messier, the younger, is a daughter of Mrs. Caldwell, of Penn Avenue, and 
is gay and fashionable and much admired in society. 

A solid gray-stone mansion, with outside trimmings of mahogany and 
all the inside woodwork of the finer woods, old English in style, com- 
mandingly situated on an eminence overlooking Fifth Avenue in Bellefield, 
is the home of Mrs. Reuben Miller, Jr., the handsome young wife of the 
many times millionaire. In the furnishment of the house a key to the 
character of the mistress is found. Everything is of the best, everything 
genuine, no pretense or sham. Mrs. Miller, who was a Miss Mary Fleming, 
of Emsworth, is stylish and has a refined face. She is rather tall, with 
brown eyes, strongly marked dark eyebrows, pretty teeth and a head well 



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set. She dresses well and owns a number of handsome diamonds, but owing 
to a number of small children goes out little. For the same reason she 
does not entertain to any great extent. 

Mrs. Moorhead, widow of John Moorhead, the great iron manufacturer, 
lives in great style in the elegant old Eichbaum mansion at Oakland. She 
is worth about three-quarters of a million, her wealth being only one among 
many attractions she possesses. In person she is stately and handsome, with 
a sweet, benevolent face. Of her six children, but one, a son, remains 
with her, the rest all having married. They are Mrs. Holland, wife of the 
pastor of the Bellefield Church, Mrs. Allan Bakewell, Mrs. Louis W. Dalzell, 
and Messrs. John and Frank Moorhead. Mrs. Moorhead 's daughters are 
wealthy, each having inherited something like $ 400,000, and all occupy 
prominent positions in the best society of the two cities. 

Mrs. Maxwell Moorhead was the daughter of a Bedford clergyman, Rev. 
Mr. Heberton. She is small in stature, very pretty, bright and sweet, and 
was a beauty in her day, with bright, dark eyes and wavy hair, a well-pro- 
portioned form and graceful manners. She finds her chief occupation and 
delight in the care of the three children of her deceased daughter, Mrs. 
Watt, whom she has legally adopted. On Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside, is 
the Moorhead palatial residence. Mr. Moorhead is worth several million 
dollars. 

From the paternal estate and through her first husband, Mrs. George 
Morgan, nee Harriet McKee, and formerly Mrs. M. A. Lorenz, derived hand- 
some fortunes. Her yearly income is said to be from twenty to twenty-five 
thousand dollars. Mrs. Morgan is a bright, exceedingly pretty brunette, a 
polished little lady of great vivacity, an accomplished hostess, a delightful 
friend. She lives handsomely in a beautiful home on Sheffield Street, 
Allegheny, is generous to a degree, thoughtful and kind. 

Mrs. McKay, whose husband, James McKay, is thought to be worth 
pretty near a million, is a motherly, kind-hearted woman, not greatly given 
to display and not particularly fond of gay society. They live in a fine 
house on Center Avenue, right above Shadyside Station. 

Miss Emma McKee, a young lady with bright, black eyes and hair and 
a very attractive face, lives with her sister, Mrs. Morgan, of Sheffield Street. 
Miss McKee is wealthy, having inherited from her father, a glass manu- 
facturer, a sum that yields fifteen thousand per annum. 

Mrs. H. Sellers McKee, a large, fine-looking lady, although fond of 
society and active in charitable work, is moreover a devoted mother and fine 
housekeeper. The McKee's live in a lovely Allegheny residence and keep 
their coach and pair. Mrs. McKee has a number of fine diamonds. Their 
wealth is estimated at over a million. 



Moorhead. 
Holland. 
Bakewell. 
Dalzell. 



Moorhead. 



Morgan. 



McKay. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



McCandless. 



MCCONNELL. 



MCCULLOUGH. 

Darlington. 



MCCUNE. 



Mr. Stewart McKee's widow, who was Miss Jennie Dalzell, had a fortune 
of her own which, when her husband's legacy was added, left her dowered 
to the extent of a half million at least. Since Mr. McKee's death his widow 
with her one child has been boarding oh Penn Avenue. 

Mrs. Melissa McKee, the widow of the glass manufacturer of that name, 
has built one of the finest houses in the East End, on the corner of Hiland 
and Fifth Avenues ; $100,000, it is reported, was the cost of construction. 
Mrs. McKee is a plain, modest, lovable woman. From half to three-fourths 
of a million was the bequest Mrs. McKee received from her husband. 

Mrs. McCandless, of Stockton Avenue, Allegheny, wife of Wilson Mc- 
Candless, President of the Allegheny National Bank, who is said to be a 
millionaire, has been fortunate in being the legatee of several relatives. 
Mrs. McCandless is the daughter of the late Thomas Hamilton, Esq., a one- 
time famous lawyer. She dresses richly ; generally going East to replenish 
her wardrobe, has a carriage and pair, goes out a great deal and is devoted 
to travel. She and her husband went abroad in September. 

Mrs. McConnell, of Minersville, widow of Rev. McConnell, a minister 
in the U. P. Church, was a daughter of Samuel McClurg, an old-time 
merchant of the city. She is immensely wealthy through her father, owns 
property on Squirrel Hill, in Minersville, and a goodly amount of city prop- 
erty, mainly business houses. Mrs. McConnell has three daughters, young 
ladies, accomplished, intelligent and intellectual. 

Mrs. J. N. McCullough, whose husband is first Vice-president of the 
great Pennsylvania Company, is little known outside the immediate circle 
of her fireside. She cares nothing for social life. The only child, Mrs. 
Harry Darlington, lives next door to the large house on Irwin Avenue, Alle- 
gheny, of which Mrs. McCullough and her husband are the only occupants. 
In person she is tall and very dark ; in manner quiet and sedate ; plain in 
dress and unostentatious in every way. Their wealth is estimated to be 
between two and three millions. 

The widow of John R. McCune, a large, noble-looking lady, lives in a 
magnificent house on Fifth Avenue, East End. She dresses handsomely. 
A half a million would not be overstating her wealth. Mrs. McCune is one 
of the staunch supporters of the Home for Incurables, and to her thought- 
fulness the inmates are indebted for many little pleasures. 

Miss Nimick, a sister of Alexander and the late William K. Nimick, 
keeps house for the former on Union Avenue, Allegheny. Miss Nimick is 
quite wealthy and given to unostentatious charity. 

A petite, compact figure, dark hair thickly threaded with silver and 
worn banged, bright, restless, dark eyes, clearly-cut fine features, are the 
striking points in the personnel of Mrs. Harry Oliver, the wife of the senior 



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member of the firm of Oliver Bros. She dresses richly, but not showily ; is 
quick in speech and betrays in every movement an inexhaustible fund of 
energy. The Oliver mansion is beautifully situated pn the hill side of 
Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, and is handsomely fitted up. Their horses and 
turnouts are stylish' and well kept. Mrs. Oliver is quite fond of society and 
entertains frequently and handsomely. The only child is Miss Edith Oliver, 
a charming, plump brunette, whose engagement to Harry Rea was an- 
nounced in the spring. The value of their worldly possessions would easily 
reach the satisfactory little sum of $1,500,000. 

Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, who was a Miss Blair, of Troy, N. Y., lives in 
magnificent style on Canal Street, Allegheny. Mrs. Painter is celebrated as 
a charming hostess, and many people award to her the palm of entertaining 
more and with greater lavishness than any other woman in the city. Mr. 
and Mrs. Painter will shortly take possession of a superb residence on Irwin 
Avenue, near Western. It is said that the house and lot cost $200,000 or 
thereabouts, and the furnishing of the same as much more. Mrs. Painter, 
besides being a society woman, is highly educated, cultivated and a brilliant 
conversationalist. 

A granddaughter of the late Rev. Stockton, Mrs. Painter, nee Mary 
Lothrop, widow of Byron Painter, belongs to a family for many years iden- 
tified with Pittsburg. She is rounded and motherly-looking, pleasant in 
manner and lovely in character, and worth fully a million. Her house is 
elegantly furnished and full of celebrated pictures, statuary and bric-a-brac. 
Her turnouts are among the most stylish in the city. Her summer home is 
at Cresson. 

Mrs. Park Painter, nee Guthrie, of Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, is the 
wife of another millionaire, having besides a very comfortable little fortune 
in her own name. A cottage at Cresson is their summer home. Mrs. 
Painter has a fancy for curios, and in her collection is found a number of 
valuable old books, a land grant from Col. Boquet to Col. Alex. McKee, of 
the British army (an ancestor of Mrs. Painter), silver knee-buckles and seal, 
the latter 150 years old and an heirloom from the above-mentioned gallant 
Col. McKee. Children she adores, and they in turn adore her. Her house 
is elegant, her clothes, her diamonds, her horses, carriages, are all of the 
best. She is tall, dark and stately in appearance. 

The widow of James Park, who before marriage was a Miss Grey, is a 
refined lady of quiet tastes. She lives in an immense house on North 
Avenue, Allegheny, which is elegantly finished and furnished. The stair- 
case is of carved wood and one of the handsomest in town. Her fortune is 
estimated at about a million. 

Mrs. W. G. Park, of Ridge Avenue, has a charming house, fine clothes, 



Painter. 



Painter. 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Phillips. 



Phipps. 



PONTEFRACT. 



Porter. 
Hegeman. 



stylish equipages and entertains and goes into society all the time. Mrs. 
Park, as Miss Betty Sweitzer, was one of the most beautiful girls in Alle- 
gheny. Mr. Park's share of his father's estate will exceed half a million. 

Mrs. Wallace W. Patrick, the accomplished wife of the banker, has a 
beautiful home, charmingly fitted up, on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny. She is 
an ideal hostess and entertains frequently. Mrs. Patrick is tall and elegant 
looking, with white hair and a good deal of color. Her husband is worth at 
least half a million. Her daughter, Miss Margaret Patrick, makes her debut 
in society this season. 

' ' Cairncarque, ' ' the lovely place on the corner of Amberson and Ellsworth 
Avenues, which it is Mrs. Robert Pitcairn's good fortune to call home, ought 
to satisfy any woman's ambition, at least as far as houses go. Mrs. Pitcairn 
married young. She dresses elegantly, and wears magnificent diamonds, is a 
splendid housekeeper, and though the mother of two young lady daughters, 
Misses Dollie and Susie, and a small son — not to speak of a married daughter 
and a grandchild — is so pretty and young looking she might easily be mis- 
taken for her daughters' sister. Mr. Pitcairn's check is said to be good for 
|50o,ooo. 

Mrs. D. Clinch Phillips, who was a daughter of James Laughlin, has a 
private fortune of about 1300,000. She is handsome, stylish, dresses beauti- 
fully and is a wonderful favorite socially. She has many accomplishments 
and often presents lovely souvenirs to her friends, her own work, in the 
shape of dainty things in decorated china. As a vocalist Mrs. Phillips has 
much ability, singing very sweetly. 

Mrs. Henry Phipps, Jr., nee Shaffer, whose husband belongs to the firm 
of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. , and is a millionaire, lives on the corner of Ridge 
and Irwin Avenues, Allegheny. The house is a perfect palace. Mrs. Phipps 
is an artist and her taste is evident everywhere. The feature of the dining 
room is the five immense stained glass windows, each one containing a per- 
fect likeness of one of the five children of the house. Although domestic, 
Mrs. Phipps is fond of society, too, and entertains and goes out a great deal. 
She is generous and kind hearted and never forgets her early friends. 

A little bit of a woman is Mrs. Pontefract, a sister of Mr. John Walker ; she 
has fine clothes and elegant diamonds. They live in a handsome new resi- 
dence on Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny. Mr. Pontefract is dubbed a mil- 
lionaire. 

A millionaire, blessed with a brilliant wife and a home lovely as a dream, 
is Mr. H. K. Porter, who lives in Oakland, that portion of the city where 
semi-suburban residences of ornate and varied designs are thickly clustered. 
Mrs. Porter was a widow with two children when Mr. Porter married her — a 
Mrs. Hegeman, of New York. She is an exceedingly intelligent woman, 



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with more brains than most people are endowed with; a sparkling conver- 
sationalist, a highly talented artist, and one of the most delightful of hos- 
tesses. Miss Hegeman, her daughter, is fond of society and goes out a great 
deal. 

Mrs. Edward Quimby as Millie Schmertz, W. E. Schmertz' daughter, 
was quite a belle. She has married and settled down, and has turned out to 
be a model housekeeper and one of the best of wives and mothers. She is 
not given in the least to display. In a quiet way the Quimbys love to enter- 
tain. Their children are jewels— charming, pretty and well brought up. 
Among Mr. Quimby 's other possessions, it is said, he practically owns the 
town of Wooster, Ohio. 

Mrs. James Rees, of Shadyside, is the mistress of an immense and very 
elegantly furnished house. As a housekeeper she has few superiors. Kind 
and warm-hearted, a true and tender wife and mother, she generally leaves 
society duties to her daughters, and is best known within the confines of her 
home. Mr. Rees, the well-known boat builder, is worth over a half million. 

Mrs. Rhodes, the wife of Joshua Rhodes, President of the Pennsylvania 
Tube Works, another of our millionaires, is a woman who has many friends. 
She does not visit much, but her daughters, Mame and Annie, who are 
young, attractive and gay, entertain a great deal of company at their charm- 
ing home on Western Avenue, Allegheny. 

Mrs. I. D. Risher, wife of the coal dealer of that name, who is quoted 
as being worth half a million, is a brunette, large and fine looking, not fond 
of society, but pleasant, agreeable and hospitable. The house in which they 
live, at Hays Station, is a real old homestead, several generations of Rishers 
having passed their "little span " within its weather-beaten walls. 

Mrs. Andrew Robinson, of Union Avenue, Allegheny, besides her hus- 
band's ample income, has a fine one of her own. She owns a great deal of 
valuable property ; has a penchant for diamonds, of which she has a quantity. 
She is full of fun, the best of company, always the life of the party, witty, 
bright and talkative. Warm-hearted, a devoted Episcopalian, she is in- 
tensely interested in all church and charitable enterprises. 

The romance of Mrs. Schenley's life, though old, is ever full of interest. 
The beautiful, quaint old homestead out on Stanton Avenue, where every- 
thing remains untouched and Time's hour-glass seems to have turned back- 
ward a quarter of a century or more, is an ever fresh reminder of that 
tale of love and school-girl elopement. Mrs. Schenley was the only child of 
Colonel and Mrs. Crohan, the latter a daughter of General O'Hara. She 
was sent at an early age to the very fashionable and select girls' school 
o Mrs. Macleod on Staten Island. Some of the wealthiest families of 
the metropolis had their daughters under the care of this highly accomplished 
7 



QUIMBY. 



Rhodes. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



SCHMERTZ. 

Severance. 
Smith. 



lady — the Delafields, the Van Rensselaers, the Livingstones, the Vanderbilts. 
Every Wednesday evening, in order to accustom them to society, the young 
ladies were invited into the parlor, where guests from the city, specially in- 
vited, were assembled. Before this audience they were expected to play the 
harp and sing, but their conversation must be all in French and on no account 
should they address a stranger. Into this dovecote came the elegant English 
officer, Captain Schenley, the gold lace and bright buttons, ever alluring 
to feminine eyes, being altogether secondary to his physical attractions. 
He was dark and as handsome as a dream. As one of the school-girls frankly 
admitted to a friend, there was not one of them but would have gone with 
him if he had asked her. His aristocratic prestige, too, was in his favor. 
While not of noble birth, he was closely allied to it. He was a landed gen- 
tleman, his name figuring in Burke's Peerage. The gallant Captain, invin- 
cible in love as well as war, had already won and lost two high-born brides. 
His first wife, a daughter of Lady Poole, after half a dozen meetings, eloped 
with him from a ball given by the Queen's Guards, of which body he was en- 
sign. After her death he fascinated Miss Inglis, a cousin of the present Earl 
of Fife and a cousin, once removed, of Lord Erskine. Like her predecessor, 
Miss Inglis consented to an elopement, and while traveling on the Continent 
with friends she fled with her handsome lover. The wife of Calderon de la 
Barca, a famous Spanish Don, was a sister of Miss Inglis, as was Mrs. Mac- 
leod, of the Staten Island school. When death had for the second time bereft 
him, Captain Schenley came to America and falling ill was taken in by his sis- 
ter-in-law, that she might nurse him back to health. His forty-five years was 
considered sufficient safeguard, and when the flight and runaway marriage 
with the little Pittsburg heiress — Miss Crohan was only fifteen years of age — 
was discovered, no one was more surprised and shocked than she. The affair 
broke up the school, timid parents withdrawing their daughters lest they too 
might be snapped up by English guardsmen. After a reconciliation with her 
parents Mrs. Schenley went to England to live. Her presentation at court was 
delayed many years, however, the Queen refusing to receive "a disobedient 
daughter. ' ' Mrs. Schenley lives in superb style in London, a country house 
and a villa at Cannes being residences for the out-of-town seasons. Of a 
large family of children most are married into the English aristocracy. The 
Schenley estate in this city is valued at about twenty millions. Mrs. Schen- 
ley recently presented the old Block House at the Point to the city of Pittsburg. 
Mrs. William E. Schmertz, stately and elegant in appearance, has formal, 
ceremonious manners that are much admired. She is fond of giving hand- 
some entertainments, and knows how to receive in elegant style. She dresses 
richly and wears fine diamonds. Their house is beautiful, full of paintings 
and bric-a-brac, collected on their various trips abroad. A greenhouse, horses, 



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carriages and a coupe are some of the pleasures they enjoy. About half a 
million is their figure. Miss Ellie Schmertz, the last remaining daughter, was 
married in November to Samuel Severance, Jr., the wedding being one of the 
most elegant of the fall. Just a year ago Miss Annie, a truly lovely girl, 
became the bride of Mr. George Smith, of New York. 

Mrs. Schoonmaker, the fascinating wife which Col. James M. Schoon- 
maker brought from Cincinnati, reigns a household queen in one of the 
loveliest homes in the East End. She is fond of society, of which she is a 
bright ornament, and will, no doubt, this winter inaugurate a series of fes- 
tivities and entertainments after the style in vogue in the "Paris of 
America." Col. Schoonmaker's wealth is a half a million at least, and 
probably a good deal more. Mrs. Schoonmaker, a daughter of Mr. Theo- 
dore Cook, was one of Cincinnati's most celebrated beauties. 

Mrs. Semple, wife of William Semple the dry goods merchant, assists 
in the expenditure of her husband's half million or more of hard-earned 
dollars. They live handsomely, and since one of the daughters married one 
of her father's countrymen, and is domesticated in bonny Scotland, Mrs. 
Semple takes frequent passages across the sea to visit her. 

Mrs. William T. Shannon was a Miss Frew, and inherited a handsome 
fortune of something over a million dollars. Mr. Shannon, a well-known 
wholesale dry goods merchant of Liberty Street, is also a millionaire. They 
have a pretty home at Edgeworth, and own some of the finest stock in the 
county. Mrs. Shannon is quiet and modest in her ways and goes very 
sparingly into society. 

Misses Hannah and Rebecca Shields, of Edgeworth, occupy the old 
Shields homestead, one of the oldest and most aristocratic mansions in the 
county. Both are tall, fine-looking, distinguished in appearance, stately 
and elegant in dress. A half million is a moderate estimate of their wealth. 

Mrs. W. P. Shinn, of Penn and Dallas Avenues, is one of the most hos- 
pitable of women. They call their place "Home Lawn." Mr. Shinn, who 
is the Vice-president of the New York Steam Company, is worth at least a 
million. Miss Mary Farley, of Penn Avenue, is Mrs. Shinn's sister. 

The widow of George W. Smith, Dr. Hostetter's partner in the "Bitters" 
enterprise, comes of an aristocratic old Lancaster family, the McComemys. 
She is large, stoutly built, has refined manners, gray hair, fair complexion 
and blue eyes, and is a rather handsome woman, lovely in character. Mrs. 
Smith is worth almost, if not quite, a million. Her daughters, Mrs. Roland 
Hemmick, and the wife of Col. Thomas M. Bayne, the Congressman from 
the Twenty-third District, both handsome, charming women, are also richly 
dowered. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bayne have recently built elegant winter 
residences in Washington. 



Schoonmaker 



Semple. 



Shields. 



Shinn. 
Farley. 



Smith. 

Hemmick. 

Bayne. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Standish. 



Stanton. 



Stewart. 



Thaw. 



Mrs. William L. Standish, wife of the cork manufacturer, a fine-looking 
blonde, with cordial, pleasant manners, has as nice a home in Eigeworth as 
any woman could want. She dresses elegantly, has a number of fine dia- 
monds, entertains frequently and very handsomely, and is quite a favorite 
in Sewickley society. Mr. Standish, who is largely interested in several 
productive enterprises, is said to be almost, if not quite, a millionaire. 

Mrs. William Stanton, nee Helen Irish, has large real estate interests, 
and as her property lies principally in the heart of the city, much of it on 
Sixth and Penn Avenues, it is immensely valuable, and must be worth a half 
a million at a low calculation. Mrs. Stanton lives in Sewickley. She and 
her husband and their one child, a daughter, in fondness of travel are all of 
one mind, so they spend much time that way. Mrs. Stanton is highly intel- 
lectual, has a fine mind, and reads and studies with her husband. 

Mrs. D. A. Stewart, nee Scott, of the Bast End, is a brilliant society 
woman. A cottage at Cresson is the summer residence of the family, and 
between times they do an immense amount of traveling. Mrs. Stewart is 
fond of dress, and owns some of the handsomest diamonds and most exquisite 
laces— Honiton, thread and point— in the city. Miss Sadie Stewart, a 
daughter, is lovely. She is a debutante. Mr. Stewart is one of the rich 
men of Pittsburg, about f 1,000,000 being his figure. 

Mrs. David Stewart, nee Jennie Nimick, who has a delightfully situated 
home in Shadyside, is a refined, accomplished woman, rich in her own right, 
having inherited something like half a million from her father, the late W. 
K. Nimick. She dresses handsomely, travels a great deal, and is hospitality 
itself. Mrs. Stewart, owing to the recent death of her sister, Mrs. Murray, 
is in seclusion this winter. 

Mrs. William Thaw, nee Copley, owing to delicate health has not been 
able to go much into society or entertain for the past ten years or more. 
She lives in a large, square, old-fashioned looking house on Fifth Street, 
which is handsomely furnished in a substantial fashion. Mrs. Thaw dresses 
in rich stuffs, but generally in quiet colors. In person she is large and fine 
looking. She is the mother of an interesting family of five children, two of 
whom are girls and three boys, an exact duplicate, by the way, both in 
number and division of the sexes of Mr. Thaw's family by his first wife. 
When a fortune goes over the million mark it is always more difficult to 
estimate, but Mr. Thaw's, as nearly as can be gotten at, must be about 
$10,000,000. A fitting helpmeet for her great-hearted husband, whose lavish 
generosity is proverbial, is Mrs. Thaw. Dispensing large sums of money in 
an unostentatious, quiet way, she is an ornament to the cause of charity. 
To young girls struggling to earn a livelihood she is a veritable patron saint. 
A beautiful story is told of their courtship. In the great Civil War, Mrs. 



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Thaw, then Miss Copley, daughter of Josiah Copley, had lost a brother. 
Her dearest treasure was a diamond ring, his gift; but her heart was in the 
cause, and when the Sanitary Fair called out the patriotism of all loyal sub- 
jects, and rich and poor brought their offerings, she was not behind the rest, 
and having nothing else to give, gave her ring. Such noble unselfishness 
could not go unremarked, and Mr. Thaw hearing the story asked and 
obtained an introduction, when her charms soon completed the conquest. 
He also bought the ring, and her sweet renunciation was thus rewarded in a 
way she had never dreamed of. 

If reports are correct, the estate of the husband of Mrs. Toomey, which 
he left to her entire, is valued at f 2,000,000. Mrs. Toomey, nee Murtland, 
is childless, and the last one left of her immediate family. She is very 
eccentric, choosing to live in one room in what is known as Floyd's Row, on 
Grant Street, near the residence of Bishop Tuigg. She does her own work 
and spends not a cent more than necessary on dress, collects all her rents 
and attends to all her business affairs herself. 

Mrs. J. J. Vandegrift, wife of the millionaire oil king, was a Miss An- 
shutz. The present is her second marriage venture, her first husband having 
been Mr. Thomas Hartley, of the East End. She is a tall brunette, fond of 
rich dressing and wears quantities of elegant diamonds. Her house is large 
and handsome. With her husband she does an immense amount of travel- 
ing. One of Captain Vandegrift's daughters is Mrs. Edward Murphy, a 
daughter-in-law of the Temperance Apostle. 

Mrs. Calvin Wells, of Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, is one of the intellect- 
ual women. In person she is rather under the medium size, inclined to 
embonpoint, and verging on the brunette style of coloring. Their house is 
large and furnished more with a view to comfort than style. Mr. Wells 
owns the Philadelphia Press, and is a millionaire. One of their daughters 
married R. J. Cook, the famous captain of the Yale boat crew, and the other 
a gentleman of St. Paul. Mrs. Wells was a Miss Glyde, her father, who 
was quite well off, being a member of the firm of Shaklett and Glyde. 

Mrs. Wertheimer, of North Avenue, Allegheny, wife of Emanuel Wert- 
heimer, the Freeport distiller, is a leading society woman, entertains elegantly, 
has magnificent diamonds and dresses richly, but not gaudily. Mr. Wert- 
heimer's wealth is commuted at away above a million. 

Mrs. George Westinghouse, Jr., of Homewood, lives in greater style, 
entertains more splendidly and wears more gorgeous, varied, elegant toilets, 
has more and finer diamonds than any woman in Pittsburg. Her table 
appointments are simply superb, the entire service being of solid silver and 
gold (whose cost it would be idle to attempt to guess), and the cut glass, 
Sevres, Dresden and other fine porcelains are worth a small fortune. Their 



Toomey. 



Vandegrift. 
Murphy. 



Wertheimer. 



Westinghouse. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Westinghouse. 



Williams. 



Wood. 

Caldwell. 



whole style of living is after the plan of the household of an English lord. 
The house is a perfect palace, and the grounds worthy of it. Their stud of 
horses comprises some magnificent animals. Mr. Westinghouse is blessed 
with the knowledge that he was married for love, and not for lucre — some- 
thing rich men cannot usually congratulate themselves on, as when he won 
his wife both he and she were but moderately well off. Mrs. Westinghouse 
is notable for her splendid charity, both public and private. Her husband's 
wealth runs well up into the millions, $5,000,000 being an underestimate. 
Mr. Westinghouse was knighted a few years ago by King Leopold, of Belgium, 
as a token of admiration of the master mind that conceived the Westing- 
house Air Brake. The brilliant young inventor and his wife would therefore 
be entitled, did they wish, to style themselves Sir George and Lady Westing- 
house. 

Mrs. Herman Westinghouse is a New Yorker by birth. She is young 
and pretty, dresses exquisitely, and lives during the summer in a lovely 
house in Edgewood. Her husband is a brother of George Westinghouse and 
connected in business with him. He has charge of much of the New York 
business of their various enterprises, so Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse and 
their children, two little girls, spend their winters in the metropolis, stopping 
at the Windsor. Mr. Westinghouse is probably a millionaire, or so close to 
one that it makes small difference. 

Mrs. T. Halsey Williams is rich in money and lands inherited from her 
mother, who was one of the Shields, of Edgeworth. Her elegant home in 
Leetsdale is one of the handsomest of the valley. Mr. Williams has amassed 
a fortune of about $300,000, which, taken in connection with his wife's 
property, would make them worth over a half a million. As Miss Mattie 
Cook Mrs. Williams was considered a beauty. 

Possessing a remarkably intelligent face, regular features framed in a 
setting of light brown wavy hair, large gray eyes and an erect, stately car- 
riage, Mrs. D. Leet Wilson, of Teetsdale, as Miss Mary Williams, daughter 
of the late Rev. Aaron Williams, was an admired beauty of war time days. 
Mrs. Wilson lives in a beautiful home. She has fine tastes, is intellectual 
and literary, dresses always with a sort of quiet elegance ; has some fine 
jewels and stylish turnouts. Being interested in so many enterprises, it is 
difficult to calculate Mr. Wilson's wealth, but to put it at a half a million 
would be entirely safe. Miss Hattie Wilson, the only child and a debic- 
tante, inherits much of her mother's beauty. 

Mrs. James Theodore Wood, wife of the millionaire, was a Miss Miller of 
this city, Mrs. Caldwell, of Allegheny, nee Sarah Miller, being her sister. 
Mrs. Wood gives largely to charity. She lives quietly in the old Wood 
mansion on Duquesne Way. 



ARTISTS 



ARTISTS 



The enemy of Art is the enemy of Nature.— Lavater. 



A STORY is told of a French painter who, while passing through this 
(~j\ city, was asked why, he did not stop and pay his respects to his 
1\ brethren in Pittsburg. The supercilious representative of ancient 
Gaul withdrew his head from the car window, where he had been 
taking a rather suspicious sniff of our carbonized ether, as it was a few years 
since, and replied that in his opinion — foreigners always have opinions 
beyond the ordinary — there could not be any art worth mentioning in a city 
where the whole gamut of the artist's palette could be represented by cork 
black and flake white. Notwithstanding the fact that there may have been 
reason sufficient, in a view of our murky atmosphere, for this opinion, yet 
the fact is patent that within the pall of smoke and soot which overhung 
our town for so long there has always existed a well-defined artistic element 
which has borne fruit of undoubted quality. Particularly have the ladies 
worked diligently to add to our renown in this respect, and that they have 
succeeded both at home and abroad cannot be denied, when we remember that 
a Pittsburg lady artist's picture was one of the few accepted by the Proba- 
tion Committee of the National Centennial of 1876, in Philadelphia, and an- 
other Smoky City girl has been an honored contributor to the Paris Salon on 
several occasions in recent years. Many others have added their quota to our 
laurels as an art-loving city in a minor but equally important degree, and judg- 
ing from the attendance at the different local art schools there is no sign of a 
diminution of the prevailing enthusiasm. There is not so much public display 
of the works produced as there was in times gone by, and this can be reason- 
ably accounted for by the fact that the practice of art among women is at pres- 
ent confined in most cases to members of the wealthier families, who only follow 
art from love and the true womanly instinct, the world over, of beautifying 
home. Understand, there can be no inference drawn that the productions 
are not up to the standard, as a visit to many of the houses lucky in the 
possession of an art-loving wife or daughters would abundantly prove, and it 
would certainly be a pleasure, and a profitable one at that, if some of the 

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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



BOTSFORD. 

Lee. 



ladies of other and better-known art cities could have a glimpse at some of 
the works produced by the brains and hands of some of the erstwhile Smoky 
City's fair girls. 

A true artist, Miss Lydia Borland is a zealous worker. Her pictures 
show exquisite finish and a general tone of rare culture. 

Mrs. Edward P. Botsford, nee Fannie Maple, is an artist whose fine work 
has been the theme of much critical praise. Her sister, Mrs. Lloyd Lee, nee 
Helen Maple, is also a delightful painter. The sisters are brides of the sea- 
son, Mrs. Botsford's wedding having come off in September and Mrs. Lee's 
in November. 

Miss Margaret Brokaw, of Mt. Washington, an extremely talented 
artist, is a graduate of the School of Design. She is also an accomplished 
musician. 

An acquisition to the artistic ranks from Cleveland is Miss Dora Cole- 
man, of Western Avenue, Allegheny. She is clever with her brush and 
turns out some exceedingly creditable work. 

In her prosperous days Mrs. Sylvanus Cosgrave, of Emerson Street, 
used to amuse herself with painting, but when she needed it she found her 
talent a veritable bonanza. Her Christmas, Easter and birthday cards are 
much sought after. Mrs. Cosgrave is very handsome. Of her it used often 
to be said she was the prettiest woman in Pittsburg. 

Mrs. Darcy, nee Benny, of Allegheny, a pretty little woman with big 
brown eyes, paints beautifully, ideal heads being her particular hobby. 

Mrs. Hart Darrah, a tall, elegant-looking woman, although now located 
in Philadelphia, can still be claimed as a Pittsburg artist. Her forte is por- 
trait painting, in which, according to a connoisseur, she is practically 
unrivaled. 

Miss Nora Dickson, of Walnut Street, is described by an admirer as a 
very pretty girl. In addition to beauty she is gifted beyond the common as 
an artist, and is one of the brilliant members of "the life class" at the 
School of Design. She is also the possessor of a fine soprano voice of great 
power and compass, which has been carefully cultivated.- 

The stamp of genius is conspicuous in the work of Miss Eleanor Dravo, of 
Sewickley, a born artist. Delicacy, an instinctive knowledge of coloring, 
force and spirit are distinguishing characteristics. Miss Dravo is very hand- 
some. By many people she is considered the handsomest girl in Sewickley. 

Miss Laura Dummit, who graduated a year ago at the School of Design, 
paints exquisitely in oil, as the silver medal — the second prize — which was 
given her eloquently testifies. 

Miss Edith Ferguson, of Mt, Washington, a teacher in the School of 
Design, is perhaps the finest designer among the ladies of Pittsburg, having 



Coleman. 



Cosgrave. 



Darcy. 

Darrah. 



Dickson. 



Dummit. 



Ferguson. 



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made that branch of art her special study while abroad. She is very bright 
and entertaining, and is much admired in society. 

The Art Students' League, composed of Miss Gazzam, Miss Stovey, Miss 
Smith, Miss McConnell and Miss Dicken, is industrious and progressive. 
They paint figures from life, and have been fortunate in securing some ex- 
cellent models. 

Miss T. Gray is perfectly devoted to art; is very fond of sketching; does 
good work in oil and water colors. 

Miss Lydia Hays, of Swissvale, who spent a winter in New York study- 
ing art, paints exceedingly well, both in oils and water colors, and in every 
way is a bright, attractive girl. 

Miss Ella Hays is a medal girl of the School of Design. She makes a 
specialty of portrait painting, and also gives lessons in water colors. Miss 
Hays is a daughter of Dr. I. N. Hays. 

Mrs. Will Evans, nee Nettie Dravo, a Pittsburg girl, who, in the fall, 
followed her husband to Yankton, Dakota, where they expect to make their 
home, is an artist of great skill. A few years ago she devoted much time to 
the brush, and her work was pronounced by competent critics to be of the 
first order. 

One of our leading artists, Mrs. Eurich, now of Aurora, 111., formerly 
Miss Rachael Henderson of this city, was particularly remarkable for her 
gift of communicating her ideas to others. This faculty, of course, made her 
notable as a teacher. For years she was professor of mechanical and free- 
hand drawing at the High School. In her painting originality of idea was 
one of her strong points. 

A graduate of the School of Design, Miss Abby Holden, daughter of the 
Allegheny druggist of that name, is quite an artist, excelling in portrait 
painting, to which of late she is devoting herself almost entirely. 

Miss Martha Howard, better known as Pattie Howard, of the East End, 
is thoroughly artistic. Her work is fine and remarkable for taste and ex- 
pression. 

Miss Henderson, the School of Design's able principalis considered one 
of the finest artists— in water colors— in Pittsburg. She is of medium 
height, has dark hair and eyes, and inspires wonderful devotion in friends 
and pupils. 

Miss Mary Hurford was certainly cut out for an artist. In water colors 
there are few amateurs in the city who can turn out prettier work. 

Bright, sparkling and original, Miss Madge Irvin, a true brunette, is as 
noted for her beauty in social circles as she is for her great talent among 
artists. The freedom and originality of her pictures are their chief characteris- 
tics. The dash and spirit is a great charm to those wearied of convention- 



Gazzam. 

Stovey. 

Smith. 

McConnell. 

Dicken. 

Gray. 



Hays. 



13 vans. 



Eurich. 



Howard. 



Henderson. 



Hurford. 
Irvin. 



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Jameson. 
Johns. 

Keenan. 

Kelly. 



KlRKPATRICK. 



KlRKPATRICK. 



L/AMON. 
L,AWRENCE. 

I^OOMIS. 

Mackay. 
Melnor. 



ality, while the beautiful finish recommends them to connoisseurs of fine 
work. 

Miss Agnes Jameson, who has made her mark in water color painting, 
is now teaching in Portland, Oregon. 

Many years ago Mrs. Johns was quite a distinguished painter, her best 
efforts being devoted to Scriptural pieces. 

Miss Sallie Keenan, a School of Design pupil, is rarely talented and 
accomplished. Working in black and white is her specialty, and in the 
wide field of literature she is known as a graceful, fluent writer. She is a 
pretty blonde. 

Miss May 'Kelly's penchant is water colors. Her work in them is some- 
thing delicately lovely. 

Artistic to the finger tips, it is not strange that the work of Miss Midge 
King, of Edgeworth, is pronounced about the prettiest and daintiest of china 
painting to be seen hereabouts. Miss King is tall, slender and graceful, and 
in her dressing her fine taste is again apparent. 

Mrs. Laura Kirker's specialty is crayon work. She is a pupil of the 
School of Design and came out first best in that respect at the exhibition last 
winter. 

Mrs. Anna Kirkpatrick, of Allegheny, is a graduate of the School of 
Design. She works mostly in oil, is of medium height and blonde, very 
genial and quite a favorite in society. 

Mrs. William Kirkpatrick, of Cedar Avenue, paints realistically, and 
with wonderful taste. Her picture, "After a Political Campaign," which 
she presented to her brother-in-law, Judge Kirkpatrick, was highly com- 
mented on when placed on exhibition some years since. Mrs. Kirkpatrick 
was formerly a student at the School of Design, where she was awarded a 
gold medal for her excellence in oils. 

Miss Ella Damon, a former student of the School of Design, now has a 
studio on Federal Street, Allegheny. 

Miss Hortense Lawrence, who at the School of Design exhibition, two 
years ago, took first prize in water colors, is a girl of very decided talent 
in that direction. Her pictures show originality and fine taste in coloring. 

Miss Eurilda Q. Loomis has been studying art for four or five years in 
Paris. She is highly talented and has done some fine work. 

Mrs. Mackay, nee Miss Velma Butler, a graduate of the School of De- 
sign, is an accomplished artist, with a clear, true conception of beauty in all 
its forms. 

Mrs. Melnor, Carrie Holmes, in partnership with Miss Olive Turner, has 
a cottage at Scalp Level, where she spends the summer sketching. 

Mrs. Chambers Miller, nee Davis, of Osborn Station, is one of the most 



ARTISTS. 



Patterson. 



industrious, as well as skilled of china decorators. Her dinner cards and 
little souvenirs are dainty and exquisite. 

Mrs. Frank Moore, of Allegheny, the handsome wife of Mr. Frank 
Moore, cashier of Odd Fellows' Bank, is a finished artist, some of her deco- 
rations ranking with the highest. 

Miss Maggie McCune was graduated at the School of Design. For years 
she had a studio in Allegheny, but is now teaching at Steubenville. 

Mrs McClannahan, nee Josie Eaton, was at least among, if not the first, j mcClannahan. 
to introduce art embroidery in crewels as a fashionable occupation for ladies 
of leisure. She was so proficient in all branches of art needlework that few 
could equal and none excel her. 

Blessed with an eye for color, a correct idea of perspective and true 
artistic feeling, Miss Julia Nelson is the making of a first-class artist. 

Miss Palmer, one of the School of Design girls, is a novice in the world 
of art, but from the little she has done her future in that direction looks rosy 
with promise. Miss Palmer, who is a blonde of the purest type, is only 
recently "out" in society. 

Miss Bessie Patterson, daughter of Professor Patterson, of the Banner, 
is one of Mr. Hetzel's star pupils. Her delicate perception and innate 
knowledge of the harmony of colors are two of the points that render her 
work so delightful. 

Miss Emma Patton, in painting on china and pottery, has demonstrated j 
her ability to do great things in this line of decorative art. 

Mrs. Grant Pennock, of Duquesne Way, does very creditable painting 
in oils. 

Mrs. Clarence Pettit loves art for its own sake, and devotes all her spare 
time to cultivation of her talents in that direction. 

Miss C. Pier is a lady well known in art circles, having, moreover, a 
decided penchant for literature. 

Without doubt Miss J. Possiel is one of the most talented young ladies 
in the city. Not only is she an artist, but besides is an excellent judge of 
painting (so says one of our leading artists). She is rather tall and very fine 
looking, firm, and perhaps just a little distant in manner; altogether, those 
whom she honors with her friendship are favored indeed. 

Miss Reasseau, of Penn Avenue, daughter of the late Dr. Reasseau, is a 
fine artist. She taught water colors at the Ursuline Convent a year or two j 
ago. For four or five years previous to her engagement here she taught in \ 
the University of Baltimore. 

Miss Carrie, Mr. George Reed's talented daughter, has her studio over her 
father's jewelry store on Market Street, where she can show some fine work. 

Mrs. Harry Scully, nee Mary Murtland, a pretty, attractive woman, is 



Scully. 



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TORRENS. 



TURNEY. 



Whitmore. 



among the best of the amateur artists in the city. A fineness of perception, 
a grace of execution and real artistic taste combine to help her in producing 
some really exquisite productions. 

Miss Ida Smith, daughter of the late C. B. M. Smith, although teaching, 
keeps on studying art, is very ambitious to excel and works hard. Free- 
hand, crayon and water colors are her specialties. Miss Smith is one of 
Pittsburg's best artists. When a school-girl she was determined to become 
an artist, so that she could some day, as she said, paint a true picture of 
her idea of the Christ-child. 

Miss Nellie Stovey is an artist that loves to wander from the beaten 
track. Oddness and originality possess for her a fascination. Some wooden 
napkin-rings painted by her for a wooden wedding were as odd as they were 
pretty and artistic. 

Miss Sallie Torrens, one of the army of fair amateur artists, has done 
some very creditable work, and is never happier than when handling the 
brush and "laying on the colors," which she does with true artistic skill. 

Miss Turney's style, vigorous, full of color and dash, looks more like 
the work of a man than a woman. Miss Turney is a bright little lady, who 
makes warm friends. She is connected with the School of Design. 

Miss Blanche Wallace paints both in oil and water color; her flowers are 
very much admired. 

Away up near the top is where Miss Pamelia Wardrop, of Bdgeworth, has 
found her niche in the world of art. Miss Wardrop's delicate touch and graceful 
designs ornament hundreds of the homes of wealth in and around the city. 

Mrs. Watts, nee Schoenberger, an artist of great merit, has painted some 
notable pictures in her time. 

In her studio just under the roof, where Miss Agnes Way, of Edgeworth, 
loves to work, are on every side evidences in the shape of deliciously exe- 
cuted paintings, that she easily takes first rank among the lady artists of 
the city. For years Miss Way has made art her profession, and both in 
regard to the sale of pictures and in the instruction of classes has found it 
vastly profitable. 

Miss Matilda Whitmore devotes herself to china painting with the most 
gratifying success. 

Miss Bessie Young, a promising young artist, just now gives her best 
efforts to heads, at which she is very successful. 



MINISTERS' WIVES 



MINISTERS' WIVES 



Give her of the fruit of her hands; 

And let her own works praise her in the gates. — Solomon. 



[ NDER this head come the brightest and best of women. For is it not a 
well-known fact that, however trying the position, whether in home or 
foreign field, the Daughters of the Prophets are indeed many and 
beautiful, and not a "fine old family ' ' but what can number at least one 
on its record ! About Pittsburg there have lived women young and fair, and 
wealthy too, who have gone from sheltered homes to live lives of noble self- 
sacrifice as wives and widows of ministers tried and true. Canonsburg, the 
seat of old Jefferson College, had a cultured number of this class who have 
led heroic lives — wives of professors in the College, literary women, too, that 
made " society " a valued thing. Mrs. Comingo, the mother of Rev. Neville B. 
Comingo, recently drowned, whose husband was also a minister ; Mrs. Pro- 
fessor Snyder, whose husband, a minister, was lost from a Staten Island ferry 
boat, and who is the mother of Mrs. Rev. B. C. Henry, a missionary ; Mrs. 
Professor Wilson, mother of Rev. Morris Wilson, of Baltimore ; Mrs. Alex. 
Brown, whose husband was at one time President of Jefferson — all these are 
ministers' wives in the highest sense of the term. 

Mrs. James Allison, wife of Dr. Allison, of the Presbyterian Banner, is 
tall and elegant in appearance and of polished manners. Mrs. Allison was a 
Miss Snowden, of the distinguished Pittsburg family of that name. 

Mrs. Beacom, wife of Rev. H. C. Beacom, D.D., of the Main Street M. 
B. Church, is quite a society woman. She is pretty, too, with dark eyes and 
white hair. Her children are grown up and married. Mrs. Beacom is inter- 
ested in the temperance cause. 

The wife of Rev. B. F. Beazell, of the new M. E. Church, at Oakland, 
is one of the workers that lend invaluable aid in Church enterprises. 

Mrs. Robert Benton, the wife of the Episcopal rector of St. Stephen's 

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Benton. 



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BURCHARD. 



BYLLESBY. 



■Campbell. 



Chalfant. 



COMINGO. 



Connor. 



Core. 
Cowan. 



Church, Sewickley, being an invalid, cannot enter into Church work as she 
would like. 

Mrs. Brown, wife of Dr. John Brown, of the Deaf and Dumb Institute 
at Edgewood, was a Miss Fiske, of Lawrenceville. Her father was a pillar 
of St. John's Episcopal Church, and was quite a wealthy man. From him 
she inherited over a hundred thousand dollars, which enables her to be inde- 
pendent and to view with scorn such humiliating methods of patching out 
the usual slender ministerial stipend as donation parties. Although born and 
bred in the Anglican faith, like the good wife she is, on her marriage Mrs. 
Brown became a United Presbyterian. Her husband was for years the pastor 
of the U. P. Church on Diamond Street, where the Rev. McCrory now holds 
forth. 

Mrs. Burchard, of Wood's Run, wife of Rev. Mr. Burchard, is invaluable 
as a Christian worker, and is always ready to speak "the word in season." 
Mr. Burchard is a relative of Mrs. Hayes, the wife of the Ex-President, and 
also of the Rev. Mr. Burchard, of New York, of the three R's fame. 

Mrs. Byllesby, whose husband has, since its organization a few years ago, 
been the rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, of Allegheny, is rather 
a stranger in the city, only recently having come to make her home here. 
Not being able to leave her mother who was an invalid, it was only when 
death released the suffering spirit that she was free to follow her husband. 

The wife of Dr. W. O. Campbell, of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church, 
a tall, imposing-looking woman, gentle and refined, was a Miss Shaw, and 
has wide family connections in and about Pittsburg. Mrs. Campbell is 
prominent in Church work and one of the ablest and most active in the mis- 
sionary field. 

Mrs. George M. Chalfant, the wife of the pastor of the Park Avenue 
Presbyterian Church, is a popular woman among the people to whom her 
husband ministers. 

Mrs. Comingo, the widow of Rev. Comingo, was in her youth a lovely, 
highly cultured woman. Isabella Craig was her maiden name, the late 
Neville B. Craig, a prominent citizen and for many years the editor of the 
Gazette, being her father. 

Mrs. Frank Connor, the better half of Rev. Connor, of the Arch Street 
M. E. Church, is young, and her house and family claim much of her 
attention. She is a sister of Dr. Paxton, of New York. 

Mrs. J. Franklin Core, whose husband is the Wilkinsburg M. E. preacher, 
is devoted to Church and missionary work. 

Mrs. Cowan, wife of Dr. Cowan, of the Third Presbyterian Church, is 
decidedly plump and has sweet, majestic, impressive manners. She was a 
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Mrs. Cowl, a young woman with dark eyes and light hair, very nice 
looking and ladylike, is lively and entertaining, and exceedingly popular in 
her husband's congregation. She sings the alto parts in the choir of the 
Union Avenue M. E. Church, of which her husband is pastor. 

Mrs. Cowles, wife of Dr. W. O. Cowles, of Christ M. E. Church, is a 
lovely woman and an earnest Church worker. 

The widow of J. McDonald Crossan, of the Monongahela House, good 
and lovely in character, is a member of an old Pittsburg family — the 
Ditties. 

Rev. Donaldson, of the Bethel Church, Allegheny, is married to one of 
the dearest and best of women. 

The wife of Rev. Elijah Ramsey Douehoo, the pastor of the Eighth 
Presbyterian Church, nee Miss Georgiana Maria Jones Patterson, a native 
of Charleston, is a representative of a distinguished Southern family — the 
Joneses of South Carolina. Her grandfather, Dr. Edward Jones, was an 
eminent physician; her great-grandfather was Rev. Thomas Jones, and his 
father, the Rev. William Jones, was the pioneer of the English Church in 
that State, having been sent from England by the Bishop of Peterborough to 
establish Episcopalianism in the South. Mrs. Donehoo also belongs to an 
old Pittsburg family. Her paternal grandfather, John Patterson, having 
married a Miss Curling of the well known glass family of that name. The 
wife of the late George Albree, also a Miss Curling, was a sister of Mrs. 
Patterson. Mrs. Donehoo, a brunette, was in her youth very pretty. She 
is domestic and seldom goes into society, but takes an active part in Church 
work. 

Mrs. Fisher, wife of Rev. Samuel J. Fisher, of the Swissvale Church, is 
cultivated and popular. Rev. and Mrs. Fisher spent the summer in Europe. 

Mrs. Fox, nee Kinkead, wife of Rev. John Fox, of the North Church, 
Allegheny, a cultured, finely educated woman, who talks well and is greatly 
admired in society, is Mrs. Prof. Warfield's sister, and was considered the 
beauty of the family. 

Rev. Joseph T. Gibson, of Sharpsburg, has a sweet little wife, who 
makes his home one of the happiest in town. 

Mrs. Hays, wife of Dr. Isaac N. Hays, of the Central Presbyterian 
Church, of Allegheny, a white-haired Christian, is very prominent in 
Church work. 

Dr. W. J. Holland's wife was a daughter of the late John Moorhead, 
and was consequently left well dowered. A devoted mother, active in 
Church work, affable to all the members of her husband's congregation, 
the Bellefield Church is naturally proud and fond of its pastor's wife. 



Cowl. 



Cowles. 



Donaldson. 



Fisher. 
Fox. 



Gibson. 
Hays. 



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holmes. Mrs. Holmes, wife of Dr. C. A. Holmes of the Union M. E. Church, 

Allegheny, is very pretty and of a retiring disposition. 
Jeffers. The young wife of Dr. William Jeffers, one of the professors in the 

Allegheny Theological Seminary, was Miss Annie Tuttle, one of Sewick- 
ley's sweetest girls. She is decidedly musical and an organist of unusual 
merit. 
Johnston. Mrs. Edgar E. Johnston, wife of Dr. Johnston of the Leetsdale Presby- 

terian Church, is well educated. She taught school before her marriage in 
California. 

Mrs. J. P. E. Kumler, wife of Dr. Kumler, the pastor of the East Lib- 
erty Church, is an earnest, enthusiastic worker in the missionary field. 
Miss Kumler, her daughter, is one of the bright girls, decidedly literary 
and quite artistic. 
IvEa. Mrs. Lea, of Lawrenceville, Dr. Richard Lea's helpmeet, is a lovely old 

i lady, who enjoys many of the pleasures of youth. Fond of study, intellect- 
! ual and always ready to extend a cordial welcome to a friend, she has plenty 
| of resources. 
i,eak. Mrs. T. J. Leak, whose husband is one of the most notable preachers 

in the M. E. Church, is a fine soprano singer. 
i,ocke. Mrs. C. E. Locke, wife of Rev. Locke, of Smithfield Street, is a 

daughter of John A. Wood, the coal king. 

Mackay. The wife of the rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Mrs. William R. 

j Mackay, comes of a family eminent in Church circles. Her father, the Rev. 

i Mr. Du Bois, was a clergyman of note, and two of her brothers are members 

I of the same high profession, being stationed in and near Philadelphia. Mr. 

Mackay's father and two brothers are also clergymen. 

Maguire. Mrs. Maguire, wife of Rev. L. Maguire, of Sharpsburg, is an elderly 

lady and very pretty. 
Mansell. Mrs. R. B. Mansell, wife of the McKeesport M. E. Church pastor, is an 

! active Church worker. 

Mrs. A. A. Mealy, wife of the pastor of the Central Presbyterian 
Church of Pittsburg, is young, very pretty and accomplished. She is a 
comparative stranger here, not having been long in the city. 

Mrs. R. T. Miller, whose husband is the minister of the Bingham Street 
M. E. Church, is a daughter of the wealthy coal man, John A. Wood. 

Mrs. J. W. Mills, wife of the Presiding Elder of the District, is a 
daughter of Dr. Bassett, of Meadville. Mrs. Mills is a fine vocalist and a 
stylish looking woman. Her health is rather delicate. 

Mrs. C. B. Mitchell, the wife of the popular preacher, formerly of the 
Smithfield M. E. Church, but now without a charge, is a young woman, 
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Mrs. H. H. McClelland, the second wife of Professor McClelland, of the 1 McClelland. 
Theological Seminary, is quiet and retiring in disposition. 

Mrs. McCrory, the wife of Rev. J. T. McCrory, of the Third United Pres- | McCrory. 
byterian Church, is pleasant and affable, and accordingly much liked by her 
husband's congregation. 

Mrs. William McKibben, the pretty wife of the popular young minister McKibben. 
who recently severed his connection with the Second Presbyterian Church, 
was a Miss Patterson, her mother coming of the Baird family, of Washington. 
Rev. McKibben is now settled in Walnut Hills, the fashionable portion of 
Cincinnati, where his new charge is located. 

Mrs. E. S. McKitrick, of Beach Street, Allegheny, nee Hannah Gill, of McKitrick. 
Steubenville, comes of a refined family, one of the oldest and best in the 
town. Mrs. McKitrick is a very fine woman and quite good looking, of the 
brunette type. Rev. McKitrick is the pastor of. the Third United Presby- 
terian Church, Allegheny.' 

The wife of Dr. McMillen, of the Second United Presbyterian Church, mcMillen. 
of Allegheny, is very large and approaches the brunette in coloring. Mrs. [ 
McMillen is domestic in her tastes. 

Mrs. Robert A. Norcross is the wife of the Principal of the Pittsburg norcross. 
Female College. 

Rev. William Passavant's wife, being lovely, good and full of the milk i passavant. 
of human kindness, is exactly suited to him. She enters heartily into all 
his projects for doing good. 

Mrs. Patterson, wife of Rev. John F. Patterson, of the Sixth Presby- j Patterson. 
terian Church, is tall and dark in complexion. Mrs. Patterson is still a 
stranger in the city. 

Mrs. Pearce, Dr. W. H. Pearce's fine wife, is one of the most untiring Pearce. 
Church workers in the Allegheny Conference. Dr. Pearce is the pastor of 
the Butler Street M. E. Church. 

Mrs. I. C. Pershing, wife of Dr. Pershing, who for many years held the Pershing. 
position of Principal of the Pittsburg Female College, is a truly good, 
lovable woman. 

Mrs. A. D. Petty is a very pretty woman. Her husband, Dr. Petty, is ; Petty. 
stationed at the Beaver M. E. Church. 

The wife of Rev. Mr. Phipps, of the Montour Presbyterian Church, is Phipps 
young and quite pretty. 

Mrs. George Purves, wife of Dr. Purves, of the First Presbyterian Purves. 
Church, is plump and motherly, and has a very sweet face. She is earnest 
and intense in manner. 

Mrs. W. J. Reid, of the First United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, reid. 



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Robinson. 



Warfield. 



Wilson. 



WlTHERSPOON. 



WOODBURN. 



WOODRING. 



WOODSIDE. 



a small woman, is serious and very womanly, a great Church worker and 
public-spirited and philanthropic. 

Mrs. Richmond, wife of Dr. Richmond, who for years and until 
October held the pastorate of the Shadyside Church, is very delicate and 
unable to go at all into society. 

Rev. Matthew B. Riddle, D.D., one of the Theological Seminary pro- 
fessors, married a German wife, Miss Annie Walther. of Heidelberg. Mrs. 
Riddle is pretty, and her foreign accent adds greatly to her charms. 

Mrs. Riley is the wife of the pastor of the Fifth Avenue M. E. Church. 
She is lovable and has many friends. 

Mrs. Thomas Robinson, of Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, is the wife of Dr. 
Robinson, one of the Theological Seminary professors. Miss Eeila, her 
daughter, is regarded as quite literary, very bright and talkative. 

Mrs. W. J. Robinson, whose husband ministers to the spiritual wants of 
the congregation of the First United Presbyterian Church of Allegheny, is 
small, fine looking, very dignified and quite intelligent. Mrs. Robinson 
lives on Union Avenue, Allegheny. 

Mrs. Warfield, wife of Professor Warfield, formerly of Allegheny, now 
of Princeton, is a finely educated woman and makes a remarkably pleasant 
impression in company. 

Mrs. W. B. Watkins, wife of Dr. Watkins, of the New Brighton M. E. 
Church, is a sister of James R. Mills. 

Mrs. C. F. Wilson is the wife of the pastor of the Emory M. E. Church 
in the East End. 

Mrs. Witherspoon, wife of the pastor of the Fifth United Presbyterian 
Church, is tall, slender and very agreeable in her manners. 

Mrs. B. F. Woodburn, of North Avenue, Allegheny, the wife of Dr. 
Woodburn of the First Baptist Church, is a vivacious little woman devoted 
to home and family. 

Mrs. T. H. Woodring, wife of the pastor of the Sewickley M. E. Church, 
was before her marriage a Miss Knox. 

The wife of Rev. Nevin Woodside, the talented Reformed Presbyterian 
minister, is bright and capable. Mrs. Woodside is constantly making friends. 



TEMPERANCE WORKERS 



TEMPERANCE WORKERS 



Oh, when we swallow down 
Intoxicating wine, we drink damnation ; 
Naked, we stand the sport of mocking friends. 
Who grin to see our noble nature vanquished, 
Subdued to beasts. — Charles Johnson. 



THE women workers in the temperance field have virtually forced recog- 
nition. After years of patient work, none the less earnest and per- 
sistent because they were reviled and despitefully used and made the 
subject of untiring ridicule, they have made their organization — the 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union — a factor so important in political 
economy that it is useless for even the most prejudiced politician to ignore 
it. When one considers the disadvantages this white-ribboned army has 
labored under, the ability displayed is amazing. The fair workers gain con- 
fidence as the years go by. Women who ten years ago esteemed it a violation 
of God's decrees to preach or pray in meeting, have gained courage to cry 
out and shout. They have acquired knowledge to organize, to gain power 
by a unity of strength, to command respect by force of numbers and majori- 
ties, to demand what they consider their due by right and justice. 

One of the most remarkable movements our city ever witnessed was that 
of the crusades of 1874-75. All over the country the temperance women 
were organizing and arranging plans for this novel method of fighting the 
liquor traffic. A local organization was effected on March 2d, 1874, and 
Mrs. Collins elected President. The spring campaign was fully laid out, and 
the work began almost immediately. The story of those stirring times, as 
told by some of the participants, abounds in incidents, and the lights and 
shadows of the picture are often so abrupt and clearly defined that, what- 
ever one may think of it from an artistic point of view, it at least lacks all 
elements of tameness and monotony of color or expression. The plan of 
attack was, to march in a body to the various saloons of the city and, where 

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Black. 

Forsythe. 
White. 



Collins. 



Cornandy. 



invited, to enter and hold religious services in the bar-room. Where this 
privilege was refused, nothing daunted the band took up its position on the 
curbstone before the door and there held enthusiastic meetings. Those who 
underwent this thrilling experience were from that time on known among 
their associates as "the immortal 33," that being the number incarcerated. 
Their names — with one exception, which was not obtainable — were : Mrs. J. 
S. Collins, Mrs. A. W. Black, Miss McClung, Mrs. Van Horn, Mrs. Sarah 
Moffet, Mrs. Alexander Matchett, Mrs. W. W. Morris, Mrs. Alice Gilchrist, 
Mrs. Macken, Miss E. B. Carmichael, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. M. Gray, Mrs. J. 
I. Logan, Miss Smith (who refused to give her name and was therefore 
entered on the docket as Mrs. Grace Hopeful), Mrs. M. B. Tatell, Mr. A. 
W. Black, Mrs. A. Hill, Miss A. A. Starr, Miss Pearl Starr, Miss Tee A. 
Starr, Mrs. Youngson, Mrs. M. B. Reese, of Alliance, Ohio, Mrs. John 
Foster, Mrs. Mary Caldwell, Mrs. Samuel Allinder, Mrs. W. M. Gormley, 
Miss B. Beeson, Mrs. D. N. Courtney, Mrs. Jane Nelson, Mrs. Mary 
Woods, Miss B. J. Foster and Miss Bessie Black. 

Mrs. Margaret Roseburg Black, of Bluff Street, has a record for earnest- 
ness of purpose and an untiring energy that can be surpassed by none. 
Mrs. Black has always been an enthusiast in the cause of temperance, and 
during the crusades of 1874-75 was one of the most conspicuous figures. 
She is the widow of Dr. Andrew W. Black, who for many years was the 
pastor of a Convenanter Church in Allegheny, where his father before him, 
Dr. John Black, had preached for fifty years. Mrs. Black's two daughters, 
Mrs. Forsythe and Mrs. White, who make their home with her, are also 
interested in the cause. 

Braddock is kept all alive on the question of temperance by a W. C. T. U. , 
of which Mrs. R. D. Bowman is a leading member. Her small army of 
workers do a vast deal of good in that town, composed so largely of iron and 
steel workers. 

Mrs. A. F. Bryce, of Mt. Washington, represents the Mt. Washington 
W. C. T. U. Mrs. Bryce belongs to one of the old families, and before her 
marriage was a teacher. 

Mrs. Campbell, of the Sterritt Union of Allegheny, holds the position of 
County President. She is very bright intellectually, and being still a young 
woman has the energy of her years. Her executive ability is something 
unusual. 

Mrs. Collins, wife of Rev. Collins, of Sherman Avenue, Allegheny, was 
the first President of the W. C. T. U. She is a bright woman and a writer 
of no mean ability. 

A rather recent accession to the ranks of temperance workers is that of 
Mr. and Mrs. Cornandy. They were prominent in the cause in Michigan, 



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their former home, and brought their zeal with them. Mr. Cornandy is 
Superintendent of the Boys' Boarding Home on Anderson Street, Allegheny, j 

Mrs. William M. Gormly, of Allegheny, is an ardent advocate of tem- ; Gormly. 
perance, and is President of the Pittsburg Central W. C. T. U. She is a 
good speaker and beyond the average in intelligence. 

Temperanceville shows no more ardent advocate of cold water than hershberger. 
Mrs. T. P. Hershberger, whose husband is also an ardent prohibitionist. 

Miss Matilda Hindman is a woman of strong convictions and an able, ; hindman. 
consistent worker in all she undertakes. She wears the white ribbon and is j 
one of the leading woman suffragists in the State. 

The Holly Tree Inn, of Allegheny, is closely connected with the temper- holden. 
ance work of Mrs. E. Holden, who has done much toward its success. 

Mrs. Margaret Macon, now dead, was one of the crusaders, and was always : Macon. 
on hand whenever it was possible. She supported a drunken husband by i 
taking in washing, and often turned up just in the nick of time — fresh from 
the wash-tub, her sleeves rolled up, her brawny arms bare — to pay fines for j 
her comrades. 

Mrs. E. D. C. Mair gives little time to anything save reform work. She Mair. 
is a prominent member of the Woman's Christian Association. Mrs. Mair 
is a gifted speaker, and leads in prayer with an eloquence second to no 
brother of the revival order. 

Mrs. Dr. Marchand, of the East End, belongs to the Central Union. Marchand. 
She was one of the crusaders. She is remarkably intelligent and is a fine 
speaker, her argument being clear, concise and convincing. Mrs. Marchand 
is a woman suffragist and is an ornament to the party. She gives liberally 
and finds time to go into society. 

Perhaps one of the best known temperance women is Mrs. Alexander Matchett. 
Matchett, whose zeal is ever overflowing and whose gift of expression is some- 
times thought to be more eloquent than prudent. Still, for a reformer it must be 
admitted that no virtues go ahead of zeal, eloquence, push, enterprise and 
point. Mrs. Matchett has snap and all that that implies, but no more than is 
needed for the purpose in the opinion of the friends of the cause. 

Among the prominent reformers of Allegheny are Dr. O. Miller and Mrs. j Miller. 
Miller. The efforts of Mrs. Miller are given mainly to temperance work, and I 
she is a member of the W. C. T. U. 

One of the most ardent members of the W. C. T. U. in this city is Mrs. \ moreland. 
W. C. Moreland, wife of City Attorney Moreland. She is quite gifted con- 
versationally and is always ready with the word in season for temperance 
and prohibition. She is a Methodist and occupies a beautiful home in the 
End End. 

Mrs. Morton, the President of the Sterritt Union, a middle-aged woman, Morton. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



McMillan. 

Awl. 

Cargo. 



Smith. 
Parker. 



Sterrett. 



Swift. 



SWOGER. 



TORRENS. 



is a truly excellent character, always ready to assume her share of the 
burden and heat of the day in the work to which she has devoted some of 
the best years of her life. 

Mt. Washington has its cold water adherents ; the white ribbon banner 
ornaments some of its coziest homes. The most prominent of its temperance 
workers are Mrs. Robert McMillan, Mrs. John Awl and Mrs. Cargo, the wife 
of the Principal of the Thirty-second Ward school. 

Manchester is well represented in temperance circles by Mrs. W. D. 
Perry, who is noted as a prohibitionist and wears the white ribbon as a token. 

Mrs. Jacob Reese is an invaluable member of the W. C. T. U., as in ad- 
dition to being ready to undertake whatever her hand finds to do, she con- 
tributes financially with a liberality that materially helps the work along. 

Mrs. Rhodes, of Montgomery Avenue, Allegheny, is one of the good, 
pushing workers. Her temperance principles are known by everybody, and 
she drops the word in season and out of season. 

One of those who battled for the advancement of the temperance cause 
as a crusader was Mrs. Rebecca Robinson, of Isabella Street, Allegheny. 
1 She is a fine-looking woman, of very decided character and of the agressive 
type in movements where principle is involved. 

Mrs. Stewart Scott is one of the earnest women in the temperance cause. 
She gives her time and energies to the furtherance of the great work. 

Mrs. R. Smith and Aunt Betty Parker are the leading temperance 
workers among the colored race of Pittsburg. They have established unions 
and are doing good work. They are devoted Church members. 

Mrs. Dr. Sterrett, of Penn Avenue, has for years labored in the temper- 
ance movement. She is a devoted Christian and a woman of great ability, 
but being of a shy, retiring disposition, never took any prominent part, pre- 
ferring to work with the rank and file.. She gives liberally to the cause. 

Among the most prominent of temperance advocates in Allegheny is 
Mrs. E. E. Swift, the widow of Rev. Dr. Swift, late pastor of the Arch Street 
Presbyterian Church, as was his father before him. Mrs. Swift, whose 
maiden name was Damon, is very intelligent and pleasing in appearance. 
Her distinguishing characteristics are earnestness and plain sincerity. 

Mrs. M. L. Swoger, wife of Daniel Swoger, the noted prohibitionist of 
this city, has charge of a union of temperance women in Allegheny, which 
does yeomen service for the good cause. It is called the Swoger Union and 
also the Allegheny Union No. 2. 

Among the many Christian women who devote their best energies to 
the temperance cause, Mrs. Finley Torrens, of Torrens Station, must take 
high rank. Her tongue is ever ready and her purse ever open to show her 



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faith in the Gospel which leads to the attempt to reform the drunkards and 
''rescue the perishing" by prayer and prohibition. 

"Mother ' : Van Horn is one of the battle-scarred veterans of the cause. va>- Hoio.-. 
Having lost a son in a drunkard's grave, she felt she was peculiarly called 
to enter the crusades. She worked with a vim and ascribes the salvation of 
the rest of her boys to prohibition influences. 

Mrs. Ellen Watson is one of the most energetic working members of watsox. 
the W. C. T. U. in this city. 

Mrs. Weeks is Secretary of the Pennsylvania branch of the W. C. T. U., 'Weeks. 
devoted to education and instruction as to the evils of alcohol on hygienic 
principles. She was an able assistant of Mrs. Mary D. Hunt when the bill 
requiring temperance text-books was pushed through the Pennsylvania 
Legislature. She is opposed to woman suffrage, and favors the securing of 
temperance and other reforms by the exercise of influence. In this she 
ranks with the small minority in the W. C. T. U. She lives in the East 
End. During the War she served in the Sanitary Commission as nurse. 
While thus engaged she met her husband, Joseph D. Weeks, the prominent 
iron man, who at that time was the agent of the Christian Commission of 
this city. 

Miss Jemima Woodson, who belongs to one of the prominent colored Woausoar. 
families of the city, is a working officer in the W. C. T. U-, and the man 
who wins her favor will be a cold water man. 

Xo one is better known in the temperance work of Pittsburg than* Yottn-gsox. 
Mrs. M. Youngson. She is noted for her enthusiasm and her gift of prayer. 



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O woman! lovely woman! nature made thee 

To temper man; we had been brutes without you. 

Angels are painted fair, to look like you; 

There's in you all that we believe of heaven, 

Amazing- brightness, purity and truth, 

Eternal joy and everlasting love.— Thomas Otway. 



/"TyociETY in Pittsburg in 1788 consisted of but a very few families, and 
^*"\ these, while of sturdy stock and sterling honesty, would be looked on 
V^y as comparatively lacking in culture, and somewhat deficient in the 
refinements which are the distinguishing characteristics of the society 
of to-day. As the place grew the number of those who constituted ' ' soci- 
ety " increased, the accomplishments of the women keeping pace with the 
times. But even as late as the time of Lafayette's visit to this section, 
"society " was confined to a very small circle. In those days there were few 
rich enough to be able to devote much time to culture and the development 
of the social graces. The years passed on and the city grew rapidly in size 
and wealth. With more population and more wealth came the desire and 
the leisure to give more time to the cultivation of the people. Social refine- 
ment grew, culture grew, society grew. Society in Pittsburg to-day is so 
advanced in all that helps to make life move along more pleasantly, 
smoothly and artistically, that we need have no hesitation in claiming our 
place among the most cultured and refined communities of the country. 
The changes which have taken place in the fashionable residence quarters 
during the century are noteworthy. In the early days Water Street, which 
is now given up to manufacturing establishments and ugly dens, was 
the section where all the most wealthy and cultivated people lived. Later 
on Liberty Street, Penn Avenue and Duquesne Way became the location 
most favored by the fashion ; even' yet one part of these streets is fondly 
cherished by some of the cultured old families — the Jacksons, the Baileys, 
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Aiken. 
Reed. 



the Hardings, the Joneses, the Tindles and others. Just before the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad became a notable feature in Pittsburg civilization, Bayards- 
town, as it was then called, was something of a place. Around where the 
Union Station and its yards are now located lived the Brunots, the Hayses, 
the Colemans, the Laughlins, the Forbeses, the Wilkinsons, the McClurkans, 
the Aukrims, the Hamiltons, the Ralstons and other notable families, not a 
member of any of which is to be found anywhere thereabouts at present. 
At that time Bayardstown enjoyed its golden age. On one of its cross 
streets, in full view of the ingoing and outgoing Pennsylvania Railroad 
trains, R. H. King, Esq., built a neat row of brick houses, which in those 
times were quite aristocratic and elegant, but which now are mainly work- 
ingmen's boarding houses and are in a sad state of dilapidation and decay. 
To one of these Alexander King, now of the East End, brought his young 
and beautiful bride from Cincinnati. It was not until the city commenced 
to grow into its present large proportions that society was forced to flee to 
the freer air of the East End, Allegheny and the suburbs. It is a curious 
circumstance that many of the old names are quite without active repre- 
sentatives among the present array of Pittsburg society leaders. 

Mrs. Marcus W. Acheson was a daughter of the late Dr. Reiter. She 
lives in Shadyside and is prominent in Church work. 

Mrs. Aiken, nee Jones, is the wife of Mr. David Aiken, who inherited 
from his mother a farm from which the whole of Shadyside has been cut 
out. On a part of the old farm which they reserved, Mr. and Mrs. Aiken 
live in an elegant house surrounded by noble kings of the forest. Their 
family consists of two young lady daughters, one son and one married 
daughter, Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Aiken is a sweet woman, fond of sociable visit- 
ing, but not very partial to formal society. Her daughters, Rachel and 
Clara, both of whom are popular society girls, have a great deal of com- 
pany, go out and entertain. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken are said to be worth a 
quarter of a million. 

Mrs. James Aiken is a tall, fine-looking woman. She was Miss Maggie 
Smith, daughter of the late Captain J. P. Smith, of Sewickley. 

Mrs. Joseph Albree is very bright intellectually, and highly cultured. 
She comes of the old Bidwell family for whom Bidwell Street was called. 

Miss Lizzie Albree, daughter of the late George Albree, whose signature, 
" G. A, " attached to a series of weather prognostications, is familiar to all 
readers of the daily press of some years ago, is cultured and quite wealthy. 
Miss Albree's health being delicate she spends much of her time away from 
the city. 

Mrs. Edward B. Alsop is a daughter of Dr. Hussey. Mrs. Alsop is quite 
musical, and as a child was a prodigy in that line. 



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Arbuckle. 
Jamison. 



Armstrong. 
Brown. 



The Misses Arbuckle and Mrs. Jamison, all sisters, live very handsomely 
on Sherman Avenue, Allegheny. They dress elegantly, wear quite a good 
many diamonds of the first water, and are reputed very wealthy. 

Mrs. Andrew Armstrong, a pretty brunette, has a lovely home on North 
Avenue, Allegheny. Her husband is a member of the firm of Armstrong 
Bros. & Co. Mrs. Armstrong has good Scotch blood in her veins , her 
mother, Mrs. Brown, who lives a few squares away, being a typical Scotch 
lady of the better class. Mrs. Brown has several unmarried daughters 
living with her. 

Mrs. J. S. Arnold, nee Fulton, is a magnificent brunette, with glorious j Arnold. 
large black eyes — a perfect beauty. 

Mrs. Thomas S. Atterbury is a lovely woman, charitable, kind, plain in j Atterbtjry. 
her ways and unassuming. Mr. and Mrs. Atterbury live in a handsome 
residence on Ellsworth Avenue. Somewhere between three and four hun- 
dred thousand is what they are worth. 

Very lovely was Miss Lizzie Atwood in her early girlhood. Wavy 
brown hair clustered prettily on the broad, white forehead, and large, 
appealing, blue-gray eyes, in whose depths the sweet temperament was 
revealed, lit up a countenance at once intelligent and refined. 

Mrs. Moses Atwood, who was a Miss Baird, of Washington, Pa., is a 
bright, pretty little woman, overflowing with good spirits and gentle kind- 
liness. Energy is a prominent trait. She is one of the most active in the 
management of the Woman's Exchange, throwing herself heart and soul 
into the good work. Mrs. Atwood lives handsomely in an elegant new 
house on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny ; dresses with extreme richness and 
taste and entertains in magnificent style. Mr. Atwood is of the firm of 
Atwood & McCaffrey, and is said to be worth f 100,000. 

Mrs. Charles W. Bachelor, wife of Captain Bachelor, is a great society 
woman. She dresses elegantly and gives a number of handsome, small 
entertainments. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, nee Laughlin, widow of Henry Bailey, who has 
two lovely daughters, Misses Mary and Bessie, is a charming woman, highly 
educated, polished in manner and a fine conversationalist. She spent several 
years abroad educating her daughters and perfecting them in the languages. 
This winter they are in Dresden. She is reputed to be worth one or two 
hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Bailey lives on Penn and Dallas Avenues. 

Miss Mary Bailey, a daughter of the late Samuel Bailey, on her mother's 
side is related to the Cooks of Cincinnati and the Grahams of the East 
End. 

Mrs. Judge Baile}', nee Washington, was quite a belle and beauty in her 



Bachelor. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Bailey. 



Baird. 



Bakewell. 



Bakewell. 
King. 



Bakewell. 
Wharton. 



Baldwin. 

Barr. 

Bayard. 



Beeson. 



youth. She had sparkling dark eyes, soft, black hair, a slender, elegant 
figure, and was a brilliant conversationalist. 

Miss Ruth Bailey, the daughter of Mr. James M. Bailey, of Penn 
Avenue, is one of the season's debutantes. She is vivacious and possessed 
of a fund of humor that renders her a delightful companion. 

Mrs. Utillis Baird, of North Avenue, Allegheny, has a large house, 
which is kept open all the time in spite of the fact that she and her husband 
pass fully half their time in traveling. They have no children, but have 
been the most devoted of parents to a niece and two nephews. The young 
lady is married and living near Youngstown on a farm presented her by 
them, and for the young men they recently purchased a $ 40,000 ranch in 
California. Mrs. Baird wears some magnificent diamonds, and entertains 
many strangers who visit the city. Mr. Baird's money is principally in- 
vested in real estate, and is supposed to amount to several hundred thousand. 

Mrs. Benjamin Bakewell was a Miss Boardman of Philadelphia, daugh- 
ter of Rev. Dr. Boardman. Three young lady daughters grace her home — 
Miss Mollie, a large, fine-looking girl, Miss Effie, a popular society girl, and 
Miss Mirth. Never nickname suited better than that of Mirth Bakewell. 
She is rather tall, with dark, sweet eyes, clear-cut features, and lovely bright 
coloring, and is the very incarnation of mirth and the joyousness of youth. 
She is one of the "buds" of society. 

Mrs. Thomas Bakewell, nee Annie King, a daughter of Dr. C. .B. King, 
is stylish and entertains in beautiful style. Miss Nina King, her sister, is 
on the verge of young ladyhood. ' ' Nina ' ' is lovely, almost a beauty. Both 
sisters have the fashionable shade of hair of the color that Titian loved. 

Mrs. William Bakewell, nee Campbell, has two lovely daughters — 
Frances, Mrs. Charles Wharton, whose beautiful country wedding at the 
Bakewell's summer home, a few years ago, will be remembered, and Miss 
Jane, who, on December nth of this year, will become the bride of Irwin 
Holdship. 

A strikingly handsome woman in her maidenhood was Mrs. Baldwin, 
wife of J. H. Baldwin, Esq., a perfect blonde, graceful and shapely in figure. 

Mrs. Albert J. Barr was a Miss Phelan, of the same family that has 
given a distinguished Prelate to the Catholic Church — Bishop Phelan. 

Miss Bayard comes of the old Bayard family for whom Bayardstown 
was named. See is a relative of "Aunt Adams," as all old Pittsburgers 
were accustomed to designate Mrs. Nancy Bayard Adams, one of the best 
of women and loveliest characters the world ever saw. Mrs. Adams built 
a church on the old Third Church site, on the corner of Third and Ferry 
Streets. 

Mrs. Eliza Lowrie Beeson lives very quietly with her sister, Mrs. W. W. 



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Wilson, of Sheffield Street, Allegheny. She was left wealthy by her hus- 
band, the late Isaac Beeson — has probably |200,ooo — and gives away a 
goodly portion in charity, having many quiet ways of doing good. The 
larger part of her donations go to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
of which -she is one of the oldest and most devoted members. 

A very pretty woman, and by many considered a beauty, is Mrs. Carter 
Curtis Beggs. She has black hair, gray eyes and a fine complexion. Miss 
Beggs, her daughter, is a pretty, stylish girl just out. Mrs. Beggs is a sister 
of Mrs. H. C. Beggs. They married brothers. 

Mrs. Harry Clyde Beggs was a Miss Dilworth. She goes out a great i Beggs. 
deal and entertains handsomely. 

Mrs. Arthur Bell, nee Marshall, a young widow, resides with her mother 
on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny. She was remembered in the will of her uncle, 
the late Thompson Bell, to the extent of $ 100,000. 

Mrs. David Bell, wife of David Bell, Esq., through her husband repre- 
sents one of the oldest Allegheny families. The old Bell homestead, on 
Stockton Avenue, still stands. It was recently sold by the Bell heirs. 

Miss Belle Beltzhoover, a sister of Miss Zera Beltzhoover, has spent 
many years abroad educating the adopted child of her brother. The Beltz- 
hoover family is one of the old, aristocratic Pittsburg families. 

Mrs. Bennett, wife of Mr. James I. Bennett, who was at one time a mil- 
lionaire, lives at Superior Station, and being plain in her tastes neither goes 
out nor entertains. Of a large family of daughters three are married, one to 
Mr. Thomas Milligan, another to Mr. Hay Walker, Jr., and a third to a 
gentleman living in Ohio. Mrs. Bennett is prominent in charities, being a 
member of several boards. Julia, Annie and Lottie are the daughters at 
home. 

In a beautiful residence on Hiland Avenue Mrs. W. H. Berger, with her 
husband and family, lives. She is a good friend and kind neighbor. She 
herself does not go much into society, but her daughters do, and the house 
is generally full of company. Mr. Berger's wealth is estimated at about 
$500,000. One of her daughters is the wife of W. S. Arter and another 
was recently married to Charles Arbuthnot, Jr. 

In figure tall and well developed, a shape that a Venus might have 
envied, and regal carriage, Mrs. George A. Berry in her girlish loveliness was 
naturally a reigning belle. Mrs. Berry's daughters are Mrs, George Dil- 
worth, Mrs. H. C. Bughman, Mrs. Wm. Frew and Mrs. Charles Negley. 

The two daughters of Mr. Simon Beymer are fond of society and enter- 
tain a great deal. Miss Helen Beymer is very pretty. She is tall and 
slender, graceful, with abundant light brown hair, eyes of an azure hue, 
delicate features, a swan-like neck. As an artist she shows great talent, and 



Beltzhoover. 



Bennett. 
Milligan. 
Walker. 



Berger. 

A rter. 
Arbuthnot. 



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Bid well. 



Biggs. 



Bissell. 



Blackmore. 



Blair. 



Boggs. 



Booth. 



Boyle. 



Boyle. 



her sweet soprano voice would win her triumphs, were she so minded, on the 
concert stage. 

Mrs. D. W. C. Bidwell is a lovely Christian woman, kind and good to 
everybody. 

In Hebrew circles Mrs. Isaac Bierman, a fine-looking lady, formerly of 
this city, but for some years a resident of Europe, occupied a prominent 
position, always being actively identified with charitable works. 

Mrs. Henry J. Bigger was a Miss Pears. Mrs. Bigger has a pretty home 
in the East End. 

A tall and lovely woman, with great, glowing dark eyes, is Mrs. George 
Biggs, an artist of much merit, with a true appreciation of beauty. She is 
also an enthusiastic florist and meets with great success. 

Mrs. C. F. Bingaman, the wife of the physician of that name, is still 
something of a bride, having only been married last June. She was a Miss 
McKinnie, a daughter of Mr. McKinnie, proprietor of the Hotel Anderson. 

The Misses Bissell, daughters of the late Wm. Bissell, are descendants of 
one of the earliest Pittsburg iron kings. Their grandmother, Mrs. Bissell, 
was a Miss Semple, of another fine old Pittsburg family. Miss Anna Bissell, 
the young ladies' aunt, is one of the loveliest of women, and shows in many 
ways her gentle blood. Mrs. Wm. Bissell is a daughter of the late John K. 
Wilson, of Leetsdale. 

Mrs. Blackmore, the widow of ex-Mayor Blackmore, is wealthy. She is 
a fine woman, past middle age and lives a quiet, retired life. 

Mrs. William R. Blair was Miss Alexia Crossan. She is very handsome, 
so strongly resembling the pictures of Lady Randolph Churchhill that they 
might easily be mistaken for photographs of her. Mrs. Blair's husband was 
a grandson of old General Robinson, of Allegheny. 

Mrs. R. H. Boggs, whose husband is a member of the firm of Boggs & 
Buhl, is the mistress of one of the handsomest houses in town on North 
Avenue, Allegheny. Mr. Boggs is said to be worth about a quarter of a 
million. 

An artist of decided talent, Mrs. Willis Booth, nee Sallie Baelz, in her 
maidenhood was one of the industrious wielders of the brush. Mrs. Booth 
is very pretty in a dainty sort of way, has brown eyes and light hair. 

Mrs. John D. Boyle, the wife of the coke manufacturer of that name, is 
pleasantly situated in a lovely residence on the corner of Fifth and Hiland 
Avenues. She is the mother of two very pretty girls, Hettie and Adelaide 
Boyle. The Misses Boyle spent several months this year in European 
travel. Mr. Boyle is one of the substantial men of the city, financially speak- 
ing, being worth several hundred thousands. 

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the White House, Miss Maggie Boyle, of Hiland Avenue, was dubbed the 
belle of Willard's— the hotel at which she stopped. She was greatly admired 
by the President, who remarked to a friend that she was "the prettiest girl 
iu Washington." She is a tall blonde of splendid physique, blue eyes, fair ; 
hair and a complexion of the loveliest pink and white imaginable. 

Miss Jennie Boyle, during the summer, lives with her parents on the 
homestead out the Perrysville Road. In the winter the family moves into 
town, and Miss Boyle takes a conspicuous part in the social diversions. She 
is pretty, perhaps her chiefest charm being the aristocratic cast of her 
features. 

Mrs. Henry M. Brackenridge is from the South, and has many of the 
charming characteristics of that section. The Brackenridges live in the 
old family homestead out the West Penn Road. 

Mrs. Alexander Bradley, a small woman with lovely big eyes, is a 
daughter of C. D. Bingham, editor of the Times. Mrs. Bradley has a de- 
lightful home in the Bast End. Miss Bradley, her sister-in-law, is sweet 
looking, and goes out frequently into society. Miss Eillie, a daughter of 
Charles Bradley, is a granddaughter of Mr. Alexander Bradley, Sr. Her 
mother was a daughter of Captain Bachelor. 

The wife of the attorney, Major Brown, is a fitting helpmeet for her 
brilliant husband. They live in comfortable style on Liberty Avenue, and 
are supposed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. 

The Misses Brown, of the Bast End, Anna and Belle, are the nicest of 
girls, pretty and good. 

Mrs. Joseph S. Brown, of the Bast End, comes of Washington County 
stock. She is a fine woman and gives much time to Church work. 

Mrs. James M. Browne was Miss Gertrude Schoonmaker, daughter of the 
late James Schoonmaker. She is an interesting woman, and her daughter, 
Miss Browne, is a very sweet girl. 

Mrs. David Bruce was a Miss Polly. Her daughter, Miss Lillian, is one 
of the leading East End society girls. 

Mrs. Buhl, wife of Henry Buhl, Jr., of Boggs & Buhl, is young and fond 
of sociable visiting. They have recently built a handsome residence on 
Western Avenue, Allegheny. Messrs. Boggs & Buhl are brothers-in-law. 

Mrs. Henry C. Bughman is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Berry, 
and like her sisters is prominent in the fashionable set. 

Mrs. George C. Burgwin was a Miss Blair. Her mother was a daughter 
of General Robinson, of Allegheny. Mrs. Burgwin is one of the heirs to the 
immense Robinson estate. Her manners are exquisite, and she is an ex- 
ceedingly polished woman. 

Mrs. Hill Bur°win is her husband's second wife, and having been 



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Caldwell. 



Carnahan. 
Butler. 



Carroll. 



Chalfant. 



Chalfant. 



married in October is still a bride. Her name before her marriage was 
Susan Nash Wooster and her home Hillsboro, N. C. 

Misses Sarah and Mary Burgwin, daughters of Hill Burgwin, Esq., are 
descendants of the fine old Ormsby family. They are stylish girls and quite 
musical and accomplished. 

Mrs. E. M. Byers, nee Annie Hays, a tall and particularly graceful 
woman, is very prominent in society, fond of lively company, entertains in 
elegant style and goes out a great deal. Her jewels are beautiful, compris- 
ing diamonds — several of which are unusually large and valuable — sapphires, 
emeralds and rubies. Amateur photography, which to do well requires no 
small amount of talent — patience, carefulness, and artistic knowledge of 
effect all being requisite — is a favorite pastime with Mrs. Byers, who turns 
out really fine work. She also paints exquisitely, both in oils and water 
colors. 

Mrs. Harry Byram, the wife of the editor of the Chronicle Telegraph, was 
a Miss Van Kirk, of Oakland, the daughter of William Van Kirk. 

Mrs. Mary Caldwell, widow of James Caldwell, resides in the old Cald- 
well mansion on Penn Avenue, near Third. She is a prominent figure in 
fashionable society, lives handsomely and is reputed to be worth several 
hundred thousand dollars. Her daughter, Miss Caldwell, is prominent in 
the ' ' cotillion ' ' set. 

Miss Nellie Card, of the East End, does some pretty work in oils. Her 
taste and execution are notably fine. 

Miss Carnahan, daughter of the prominent attorney of that name, is an 
attractive girl. Her step-sister, Miss Velma Butler, now married, was one of 
the best of our amateur artists. 

A quiet, domestic sort of woman, Mrs. D. W. C. Carroll, has not a very 
extended circle of acquaintances. She resides in a pleasant home on Fayette 
Street, Allegheny. 

Mrs. William E. Chalfant, of Shadyside, was a Miss Pirtle, of Eouisville. 
She is rather pretty and a very sweet singer, and often lends her voice in 
amateur entertainments for the benefit of charitable objects. 

Mrs. John Chalfant was a McCrea, a descendant of Jane McCrea, who, 
legend has it, was scalped by the Indians near her home on Turtle Creek, 
when that place was a wilderness. In her own right Mrs. Chalfant has fully 
$ 100,000, which, added to her husband's fortune of somewhere near a 
quarter of a million, gives them plenty to live on. She is gentle, refined, 
kind to the poor and fond of Church work. Their home is on North Avenue, 
Allegheny, and guests are made heartily welcome in a whole-souled, cordial 
way. Two young lady daughters, Belle and Mary, add much to the gaiety 
of the home. 



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Mrs. Chambers, widow of Alexander Chambers, of the famous glass : Chambers. 
firm, was a Miss McKee, also of a family who accumulated wealth in glass. 
Mrs. Chambers' daughters married brothers, John and Calbraith P. Rodgers. 
James A. Chambers is her son. 

Mrs. Asa P. Childs, Jr., was Miss Carrie Corcoran. Mrs. Childs' mother C 
was a Denny. She comes of a distinguished family through her father 
also, as he was a nephew of W. W. Corcoran, of Washington, the world- 
famous millionaire philanthropist, of which the Corcoran Art Gallery is but 
one of his many magnificent gifts to the people. Mrs. Childs is lovely in 
character as befits her high lineage. 

Mrs. Harvey Childs, nee Laura Bidwell, a pretty, stylish young woman, 
is a daughter of D. W. C. Bidwell, of the old Allegheny famity of that name. 

Mrs. Harvey Childs, nee Mary Zug, was a daughter of Christopher Zug, 
the wealthy manufacturer. She was a very handsome girl and is an orna- 
ment to the higher circles of society. She has a talent for housekeeping, 
and her home is a model of neatness and elegance. 

Mrs. Lowry Childs, of Western Avenue, Allegheny, was Miss Margaret 
Lightner, of the old Lightner family. Mrs. Childs' husband belongs to the 
elder branch of the family. 

Erect and rather tall, Miss Martha Childs was generally considered, 
several years ago, one of the prettiest of the Oakland belles. She is a 
daughter of the late Asa Childs. 

Mrs. Mary Howe Childs is the widow of Col. James H. Childs and the 
daughter of the late Gen. Thomas A. Howe, the millionaire steel manufac- 
turer. Mrs. Childs lives in a lovely cottage at the foot of her mother's place, 
"Greystone," in the East End. Miss Jennie Childs, her daughter, is one 
of the younger society set. 

Mrs. Charles Clapp, nee Ella Hunter, belongs to the Childs family 
through her mother. She is a very lovely girl, slender and statuesque, 
with regular features, clear complexion, a mobile mouth and graceful car- 
riage. 

Mrs. D. C. Clapp is fine looking and very energetic and capable. In Clapp. 
Church work she is invaluable. Mrs. J. Ross Snively, her daughter, is pretty Snively. 
and exceedingly popular in society. 

Mrs. T. C. Clarkson was a Miss Lide Zug, daughter of Christopher Zug, 
the iron manufacturer. She is very animated in conversation, and is much 
admired in society. 

Mrs. Charles L. Cole, of Allegheny, is one of the leading society women 
in town. With two young daughters, the Misses Cole, her house is a very 
gay one and much frequented by fashionable men and maidens. The Misses 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Cooper. 



Coster. 



Craig. 



Crawford. 



Crossan. 



Dale. 
Ma it land. 
Bakezvell. 



Cole were educated at the New York school, where Miss Rose Cleveland 
held the chair of literature. 

Mrs. Collier, wife of Judge Collier, is not a society woman, seldom 
making her appearance in gay assemblages. Miss Daisy, her daughter, is a 
star among amateur actresses. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Connelly, the wife of W. C. Connelly, Sr., is a sister of 
Dr. John G. Brown, of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Wilkinsburg. 
Mrs. Connelly's father was the late Allen G. Brown, of this city, who at one 
time owned the St. Clair Hotel, now the Anderson ; the Girard, now the 
Central ; and the Exchange, which was situated on the corner of Eleventh 
Street and Penn Avenue. 

Mrs. Cooper, nee Crossan, now of Philadelphia, tall, well-shaped, 
brilliant, dark eyes and dazzling complexion, a bright, animated face and 
aristocratic manners, was considered a beautiful woman. 

Mrs. D. P. Corwin, of Brushton, has many friends owing to her bright- 
ness and sociability. 

Probably no woman in the city is more highly cultured or more gifted 
intellectually than is Mrs. R. J. Coster, whose husband is the admired head 
of the Bowman Institute. A fine elocutionist, trained under Murdock and 
Charlotte Cushman, thoroughly familiar with English literature in all its 
branches, speaking with perfect ease and correct accent French and German, 
well up in the dead languages and in history, a brilliant, entertaining 
talker and accomplished writer, few indeed could compete with Mrs. Coster, 
either in natural ability or acquired attainments. 

Mrs. Will L. Coyle as Miss Kearns was considered one of Allegheny's 
prettiest daughters. She is a brunette, very fond of going out and of giving 
delightful little entertainments. 

Miss Freda Craig, daughter of Isaac Craig, of Sherman Avenue, Alle- 
gheny, is prominent in charitable work. Miss Rebecca Craig is very pretty 
and stylish. 

Mrs. Joseph W. Craig, nee Miss Smith, of White Plains, N. J., one of 
this year's brides, is pretty and fascinating in manner. Mr. Craig is quite 
wealthy. They recently bought a handsome residence in Sewickley. 

Mrs. Lydia Crawford, of the East End, a blonde, was a Miss Collins, 
and is a niece of Mrs. Judge McCandless. She is the widow of W. O. Craw- 
ford of Haysville. 

Mrs. Thomas Crossan, a Southern lady — Miss Brehon — has all the warm 
cordiality and suaveness of manner that distinguishes women in that warmer 
clime. 

Mrs. Dale, of Allegheny, widow of Dr. Thomas Dale, was a Miss Alden, 
of Puritan stock. She was a sister of the late Mrs. James B. McFadden. 



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131 



Dallmeyer. 



Mrs. Dale's daughter, Miss Maitland, lives with her; another daughter, Mrs. 
Thomas Bakewell, residing in Riverside, California. 

A leader in social circles, Mrs. Dallas, nee Wilkins, was a power in her Dallas. 
day. Tall, elegant in manner, dark eyes of great brilliancy, soft, curling 
hair, and witty in conversation, her successes were but natural. She was the 
daughter of Mrs. General Wilkins, and is still living at the age of eighty- 
five. 

By a wedding last May Mr. Morris Dallett, of Philadelphia, carried off 
a popular Pittsburg girl — Miss Maggie Millard. She is a granddaughter 
of General Robinson, of Robinson Row, near the Suspension Bridge, on the 
Allegheny side, who in his day was one of the wealthiest and most promi- 
nent of citizens. She is gay, pretty, fond of society, entertains beautifully. 
Her grandfather left her a comfortable little " dot " of $100,000. 

Mrs. Harry Dallmeyer, a bright, pleasant young woman, the wife of the 
tobacconist, has quite a nice little fortune of about $200,000, which was left 
her not long ago by her adopted father, Mr. Donnelly. 

Mrs. Dal}'-, wife of Dr. W. H. Daly, was before her marriage Miss 
Thalia Cooper. She is a tall, handsome woman, prominent in social affairs. 

Miss Anna Dalzell is a representative of one of the old Pittsburg fami- 
lies. She is wealthy and retiring in disposition. Miss Dalzell still occupies 
the old Dalzell mansion on the corner of Fourth and Penn. 

Mrs. John Dalzell, wife of our brilliant young Congressman, is a daugh- Dalzell. 
ter of the late Peter Duff. Her house at Hawkins is Queen Anne in style 
and as lovely as a dream. She is a very pretty blonde, dresses well, has 
some fine diamonds and a stylish turnout, entertains beautifully and is fond 
of society. Bright in conversation, winning in manner, her social graces 
will go far in assisting her husband to climb fame's ladder, and will adorn 
any station she may be called to fill. Liberal and warm-hearted, her name 
is a household word in many homes of want. Miss Bessie Dalzell, the 
3'oung daughter of the house, gives promise of much beauty. 

Mrs. John H. Dalzell was a Miss Chase, of Titusville. Her daughters, j Dalzell. 
Sue and Virginia, are both exceedingly pretty girls. Miss Sue goes out a 
great deal in the "cotillion " set and dances like a fairy. 

Miss Eliza Darlington, of the Monongahela House, is literary in the i Darlington. 
best and highest sense of the word. A superior linguist and a musician with j 
a correct ear, thoroughly understanding the theory of music, she is pre- 
eminently a cultivated woman. She gives generously of the large means 
at her command. 

Miss Margaret Darlington, daughter of Harry Darlington, of Irwin Darl 
Avenue, Allegheny, easy in her manners and with plenty of tact, is 
acknowledged to be one of the charminsr hostesses of the city. Miss Dar- 



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Davis. 

Huselton. 



Davis. 



Dean. 

Winans. 



Dickson. 
Patterson. 
Connelly. 



lington is a fine dancer, a tall, fine-looking girl, and with her step-mother 
manages to make theirs one of the most popular houses in town. 

Mrs. Harry F. Davis, who was one of the Easter brides this year, is a 
thoroughly sensible woman, lovely in manner and disposition. She is cosily 
settled in a charming little house on Locust Street, Allegheny. 

Mrs. John Davis, worth $100,000, is a daughter of the late James H. 
Hays, the wealthy coal man. Mr. Hays left an estate of $1, 000,000, which 
he directed should be equally divided among his ten children. Mr. and 
Mrs. Hays began their married life in the good old-fashioned way, with 
nothing but love for capital, or next thing to nothing, the}' having only fifty 
cents between them (and that was hers). They both worked hard and 
saved systematically, with the result of amassing a pretty fortune. Mrs. 
Davis lives on Stockton Avenue, Alleghen}'. Her only daughter is the wife 
of Dr. W. S. Huselton. 

The wife of Mr. R. S. Davis, of Sandusky Street, Allegheny, is, like her 
husband, devoted to Church work. Mr. Davis is one of the pillars of the 
First Presbyterian Church, and a daughter is engaged in the missionary field 
in Japan, her father being now there on a visit to her. 

Mrs. De Armit, wife of W. P. De Armit, is an affable, pleasant lady, 
dresses with refined taste and has many admirers. Their home is on Ridge 
Avenue, Allegheny. 

Before her marriage Mrs. Frank Dean, nee Miss Tide Winans, was con- 
sidered one of the finest amateur elocutionists in the city. Mrs. Dean is 
charmingly pretty, of a demi-blonde type, lively in disposition, bright in 
conversation. Her mother, the widow of Dr. Winans, of Allegheny, is a 
handsome, stately woman. 

Mrs. Harry Denny, a young and lovely woman, who spends most of her 
time in Digonier, was a Tatrobe girl. She goes out moderately in society. 

The late Dr. William Denny married a lady of French extraction, Miss 
DuBarre, a clear, bright brunette. Mrs. Denny was considered a matchless 
beauty. This lady was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. 

Mrs. Margaret Dickson, wife of the late Joseph C. Dickson, of the coal 
firm of Dickson, Stewart & Co., a lady of culture and refinement, was born 
in Belfast, Ireland, but came to America when quite young. Her brothers, 
James and John Murdock, are two of the leading manufacturers of Cincin- 
nati. Mrs. Dickson has two daughters, both pretty and accomplished. The 
eldest, Annie, wife of Harvey S. Patterson, the other, Maud Negley, is the 
wife of Frank Connelly. Mrs. Connelly has had a classical musical educa- 
tion. All move in the best circles of the Lawrenceville district. 

Away up on all political questions, probably there is not a clearer, better 
talker on politics, state, national or municipal, among the women of the 



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133 



city than Mrs. Dr. Joseph H. Dickson, of Penn Avenue. She was the 
daughter of General Mitchell, of Centre County, the home of the Curtins, 
Camerons and other families prominent in the political history of the State, 
and from early girlhood took an interest in the live topics of the hour. 

Mrs. Dickson, wife of Dr. Joseph N. Dickson, one of the most skilful 
of surgeons', is a daughter of Mr. Robert Watson, of Sewickley. Mrs. 
Dickson is domestic in her tastes and seldom goes out. 

Before her marriage Mrs. ' T. H. Dickson, then Miss Guthrie, was ac- 
counted one of the most graceful dancers in the fashionable dancing set of 
that time. In the last few years she has practically given up the accom- 
plishment, devoting her leisure time to games, such as tennis, whist and 
euchre, in all of which she excels. Mrs. Dickson is a descendant of the late 
General Alexander McKee of Colonial times, and and also belongs to the 
large Guthrie connection of this city. 

Mrs. Albert H. Dilworth being in deep mourning for her husband, who 
died a few months ago, of course takes no part in social affairs at present. 
She is one of the sweetest of women and is universally loved and admired. 

When Mr. Charles R. Dilworth brought Miss Bessie Tiffany, of Spring- 
field, Mass., to the city as his bride, many predicted for her a career as a 
married belle. This has been realized, and Mrs. Dilworth is one of the most 
popular married women in the city. 

Mrs. Dilworth, the widow of Joseph Dilworth, was a Miss Richardson 
of the Cincinnati family. Hers is a fine character, kindness and benevo- 
lence being marked features. 

Blue eyes, shaded with long black lashes, and dark brown hair, after the 
style of coloring of the noted Irish beauties, are some of the charms of Mrs- J 
Lawrence Dilworth, nee Jennie Crossan. She is fond of society, and when 
she gets settled in the new home, now being erected on Fifth Avenue, East 
End, will no doubt do some handsome entertaining. The house is to be all 
built of stone, and will be one of the most superb in the city. 

Mrs. George Dilworth, nee Berry, is socially inclined, entertaining much Dilworth. 
and handsomely. She looks almost as young as her daughter, dresses gaily, 
is tall and stylish. Her house in the East End is very elegant, and, more- | 
over, one of the most popular in town. Miss Louise Dilworth, the daughter, j 
who was one of last winter's "buds," is the belle of her set. She is slight, 
of medium height, has dark hair and glorious large, dark eyes and dances | 
with exquisite grace. 

Miss Rachel Dohrman's mother was a Miss McGunnigle, and her grand- dohrman. 
father a McKee, of McKee's Rocks. Miss Dohrman is an admired society 
girl. 

Mrs. Charles G. Donnell was a Morrison, of the large Morrison and Donnell. 



Dilworth. 



Dilworth. 



Dilworth. 



Dilworth. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Donnelly. 



Deavo. 



Dravo. 



Duff. 



Duff. 
Macbeth. 



Ebbert. 

Edrington. 

Edwards. 

Edwards. 



Davis connection. Mrs. Donnell is a natural wit, and is constantly saying 
bright things. In her girlhood she was beautiful and she is still a very fine- 
looking woman. 

Mrs. Charles Donnelly, of the East End, a daughter of Bernard Rafferty, 
has every comfort money can supply. Mrs. Donnelly has a large family 
and is a consistent Catholic. She is tall, has hair of the fashionable bright 
shade, has horses and carriages at her disposal and is kind and charitable. 
Their wealth is stated to be $ 200,000. 

Mrs. Clark A. Dravo is fashionable and quite wealthy, having inherited 
a goodly sum from the McKees, of glass fame. She was Miss Phcebe 
McKee. 

Mrs. Edward T. Dravo, daughter of our late townsman, Rody Patter- 
son, gentle, ladylike, refined, is small, with expressive face and magnificent 
teeth that shine like pearls. 

Mrs. Horace Dravo lives in good style on Allegheny Avenue, Allegheny. 
She is cultured and refined. 

Mrs. D. B. Duff, of Allegheny, wife of Col. Duff, the well-known attor- 
ney, is a fine-looking brunette. She is fond of society and prominent in 
Church and charitable work. 

Mrs. Robert Duff, wife of a member of the old firm of P. Duff & Sons, is 
a sister of Hon. John Dalzell, the Congressman. She is a bright, tal- 
ented woman, very attractive in manners and appearance. A handsome 
home at Hawkins Station, horses and carriages and diamonds are some of 
the pleasures she enjoys. 

Mrs. William Duff is one of the capable women. She is a widow, with 
two daughters, Miss Sophie Duff and Mrs. George Macbeth. They all live 
in the East End. 

Mrs. Herbert Du Pujr is a daughter of Dr. Hostetter. Her family of 
little children keeps her from entering actively into social affairs, but she 
goes out occasionally. Her husband is a member of an old Philadelphia 
family. 

Mrs. Henry L,. Ebbert, nee Singer, is much esteemed in the East End 
fashionable set. 

Miss Emily Edrington, a daughter of Dr. Edrington, is one of the repre- 
sentatives of the old families. 

The widow of George B. Edwards, nee Lidie Thaw, is the eldest 
daughter of William Thaw. Mrs. Edwards lives in retirement in the 
East End. 

Mrs. Ogden Edwards, as Sallie Herron, was one of the popular society 
girls. In her character of matron she is pronounced equally charming. 



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Evans. 
Coulson. 



Miss Blanche Evans often delights her coterie of chosen associates by ! Evans. 
her display of histrionic ability. 

Mrs. E. J. Evans, nee Miss Mary Thomas, is young and pretty and Evans. 
devoted to the two small children that compose her family. 

Mrs. Evans, wife of Captain William Evans, of North Avenue, Alle- 
gheny, was a Coulson. Her sister, Miss Coulson, lives with her. Miss 
Margaret Evans, the younger daughter, is a debutante. She is witty and a 
delightful conversationalist. Mrs. James R. Gilmore is the elder daughter. 

Mrs. Thomas Fawcett, a kindly-faced, benevolent looking lady in the Fawcett. 
fifties, has one of the most elegant homes in Oakland. She herself does not 
go largely into society, leaving that for the young folks, but is sociable and 
fond of neighborly visiting. Mr. Fawcett is wealthy. 

Mrs. J. Scott Ferguson, a pretty little woman, lives handsomely on ! Ferguson. 
Forbes Street. Miss Rita, a pretty blonde, and Mrs. Harry Watts are her 
daughters. 

Mrs. Lieutenant Fitch, nee Minnie Sherman, a fine-looking blonde, is ' Fitch. 
so entirely domestic, so unobstrusive, so little given to social pleasures, that 
ho one would imagine her to be the daughter of the world-famous general. 
She is the loveliest of mothers to her four beautiful children, a good wife, a 
pleasant friend and an earnest Catholic. She lives in Edgewood. At her 
brilliant Washington wedding, a dozen years ago, a train of bridesmaids, 
selected from the highest official circles, escorted the bride to the altar, the 
brilliant pageant being witnessed by the nation's rulers and advisers. And 
then the Khedive's famous diamonds, a bridal gift. The jewels, which were 
valued at about $100,000, were subjected to an enormous duty, something 
like $15,000, which naturally prevented the Shermans from claiming them 
until some sort of a compromise was effected. They were eventually divided 
among all the General's daughters, Mrs. Fitch only sharing equally with the 
rest. Mrs. Fitch was one of the bridesmaids at Nellie Grant's brilliant mar- 
riage. Lieutenant Fitch is said to be worth $100,000. 

Mrs. Charles Lane Fitzhugh, wife of General Fitzhugh, was Miss Emma Fitzhugh. 
Schoenberger, a relative of the Pittsburg family of that name. Her hus- 
band also comes of a distinguished family, his mother having been one of 
the Maryland Carrolls. The Countess Eszterhazy, of England, is the Gen- 
eral's cousin. Mrs. Fitzhugh is handsome, dresses elegantly, is clever, 
well-read and entertains delightfully. 

Mrs. S. L. Fleischman, formerly Miss Stern, of Philadelphia, is among Fleischman. 
the most highly admired women of the city in literary circles. She pos- 
sesses much of the literary taste of her husband. She has done some 
translating from the German and writes well on social, scientific subjects. 

The accomplished wife of Dr. Andrew Fleming, as Miss Eliza Denniston, Fleming. 



136 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Forsyth. 
Howe. 



Forsyth. 

Patterson. 



FOWNES. 



French. 
Dabbs. 



Fullwood. 



FULLWOOD. 



Fulton. 



was one of Pittsburg's loveliest girls. Mrs. Fleming has been twice 
married, her first husband having been Mr. Lyon. Messrs. Alex. Charles 
and J. Deuniston Lyon are her sons. 

Mrs. Flinn, wife of William Fliun, the well-known contractor, whose 
wealth is conqmted at a quarter of a million, is a pretty young woman and 
the mother of an interesting family. They purchased, a year or more ago, 
a handsome new residence on Hiland Avenue, which they now occupy. 

Mrs. Forsyth, widow of William H. Forsyth, of Ridge Avenue, 
Allegheny, was a Miss Kennedy. She is a sister of Will Kennedy, of 
Marshall & Kennedy. Miss Lily Forsyth, Mrs. Forsyth's daughter, became 
the wife of J. Stewart Brown in October. Miss Bessie Howe, daughter of 
William R. Howe, an attractive member of the ' ' cotillion ' ' set, makes her 
home with Mrs. Forsyth, who is her aunt. 

The Misses Forsyth and Mrs. Patterson, another sister, reside in the 
old Forsyth homestead, on Western Avenue, Allegheny. They are quite 
wealthy, but live very quietly. 

In 1826 the most attractive house in the vicinity of the Arsenal was that 
of Mr. Wm. Foster, father of Morrison and Stephen C. Foster. Mrs. Foster 
was a charming hostess. The military formed a prominent feature in social 
life at that time. This cultured home was the scene of many handsome 
entertainments. Miss Charlotte Foster was pretty and attractive and a great 
favorite. 

Mrs. Sarah Fownes, a sister of the late William Clark, the iron manu- 
facturer, is wealthy and quite fond of fashionable life. 

Mrs. William C. Fownes, of the East End, is a bride of about eight 
months' standing. Her maiden name was Jesse Gaither. 

Mrs. Philo N. French, nee Bessie Dabbs, is quite accomplished, a fine 
equestrienne, a beautiful dancer and a capable housekeeper. She is a daugh- 
ter of B. L. H. Dabbs, and a daughter-in-law of Aaron French. Her sister, 
Miss Mary Dabbs, is also bright and attractive. 

Mrs. Thomas L. Fullwood before her marriage was a Miss Lecky, of the 
old Allegheny family of that name. Mrs. Fullwood, a tall blonde, is highly 
educated and refined. 

Mrs. W. W. Fullwood, of the East End, was Miss Aiken, of the promi- 
nent family of that part of town. Mrs. Fullwood is a handsome woman. 
Her daughter, Miss Sallie, is very popular in the younger social set. 

Mrs. Agnes Fulton and her daughter, Miss Jane Fulton, mother and sister 
of the ex-Mayor, are each worth something like $100,000. Mrs. Fulton is a 
woman of lovely character, gentle and refined. She is quiet in her tastes 
and in her mode of life. Miss Fulton is a very tall young lady, stylish in 
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Miss Sallie Garrison, the only unmarried daughter of Abram Garrison, 
the millionaire foundryman, keeps house for her father. They live hand- 
somely but quietly on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny. 

Mrs. Letitia W. Gazzam is one of the oldest residents of the city, and is a 
representative of a fine old family, the Jacksons, which was among the 
early settlers of Pittsburg. Mrs. Gazzam was a sister of the late George 
Jackson, the father of John B. Jackson, of Penn Avenue. 

Mrs. E. W. Gerdes, a tall, well-proportioned blonde, is among the most 
notedly handsome women of the city. She has fair hair, a beautiful complex- 
ion and large, lovely eyes. Her taste in dress is exquisite and she takes full 
rank with those most distinguished for style and elegance. She has seem- 
ingly no end of diamonds, drives spirited horses and lives in a fine house on 
Walnut Street and Shady Lane. Mrs. Bert Hostetter and Miss Miriam Gerdes, 
the two young lady daughters, are both quite pretty and are much admired in 
society. Mr. Gerdes is probably worth a quarter of a million. 

Mrs. J. J. Gillespie, widow of Mr. Gillespie, of the firm of J. J. Gillespie 
& Co., is a tall, fine-looking old lady. She is the mother of handsome 
daughters, Mrs. Chris. Magee, Mrs. Fred. Magee, Mrs. Dr. Pease, Mrs. A. C. 
McCallin, Mrs. Warwick, of Massillon, Ohio, all being very pretty women. 

Rippling, golden hair, large, clear, gray eyes, a lovely bright face, ex- 
ceeding fair, has Mrs. T. A. Gillespie. Her figure is well proportioned and 
prettily rounded. 

Mrs. Ed. Godfrey, of Allegheny, was the youngest daughter of the late 
Dr. John Dickson, of Edgeworth. She is enthusiastic over china painting, 
and her house is full of pretty evidences of her skill. 

Mrs. E. B. Godfrey was a Miss Clark, of Amesbury, Mass., a notable 
family in that region of blue blood and culture. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey 
and their family live in the immense mansion built by Mr. Smith, the pipe 
contractor, on Winebiddle and Penn Avenues. Decidedly domestic, Mrs. 
Godfrey rarely goes out, except in response to calls of missionary or 
Church work (she is a Baptist), to which she is devoted. Their wealth 
would about reach the $300,000 figure. Misses Jessie aud Hattie Godfrey, 
the daughters of the house, are both bright young ladies, the former a 
musician and the latter something of a beauty. 

Miss Grace Gormley is one of the active members of the Tuesday Night 
Club, that fashionable organization that develops the dramatic ability of 
the "upper ten " of Allegheny society. Miss Gormley and her sister, Mrs. 
Tschudi, the widow of an Episcopalian minister, are daughters of the late 
Samuel Gormley, a prominent resident of this city. 

A very distinguished looking girl is Miss Harriet Graff, granddaughter 



Garrison. 



Gerdes. 
Hostetter. 



Gillespie. 

Magee. 

McCallin. 

Warwick. 

Pease. 

Gillespie. 



Gormley. 
Tschudi. 



Graff. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Graff. 



Gray. 

Black. 



Griscom. 



•GUSKY. 



Guthrie. 



Guthrie. 
Murray. 

Guthrie. 



Hamburger. 



Hamilton. 



of the late Dr. Addison. Her engagement to Robert Singer has been 
announced. Miss Mary Graff, another sister, is a debutante of the winter. 

Mrs. Thomas Graff, a daughter of the late Dr. John Dickson, has a 
private fortune in the neighborhood of f 100,000, which she owes to her 
talent of investing to advantage the nest egg she had to start on. She is 
energetic, of a cheerful disposition, paints with taste — lustra, tapestry and 
pottery — is fond of society, entertains and travels extensively. They have 
a summer home at Chautauqua. Mr. Graff enjoys a very comfortable in- 
come, and they live very handsomely oh Hiland Avenue. 

The widow of James Gray, of Allegheny, was a Miss Haima. She has 
two young lady daughters, Mary and Alice, both attractive girls, and one 
married daughter, Mrs. A. W. Black, who lives stylishly on Sherman 
Avenue. 

Mrs. George Griscom, nee Schwartz, the wife of the proprietor of the 
Mouongahela House, is a stylish, petite blonde. She is fond of society and 
travels a great deal. Her rooms at the hotel are marvels of elegance. 

.The widow of Jacob Gusky is quoted as being worth from $200,000 to 
$250,000. She is a brunette of fine figure, owns a quantity of good diamonds, 
has a beautiful turnout, and is the mother of several children. Her residence 
on North Avenue, Allegheny, is very handsome. 

Miss Annie Guthrie, daughter of J. B. Guthrie, is a lovely girl, gentle 
and accomplished. Miss Guthrie's mother was a Murray, a sister of A. F. 
Murray, of this city. 

Mrs. J. B. Guthrie, nee Murray, and her sister, Miss Susan Murray, were 
both lovely girls of the spirituelle type. The latter had a rather uncommon 
expression, a sort of saintly, far-away look. 

The Misses Guthrie, of Allegheny, Martha, Tou and Mary, are all 
prominent in society, and also in charitable work. They are descendants 
of Colonel Alexander McKee, of the British Army, on their mother's side, 
and are nieces of Colonel Guthrie through their father. 

The Misses Halpin, of Mt. Washington, Mary, Annie and Sarah, are 
among the best known society girls in the city. They are all adepts with 
the brush in china and decorative painting, and the interior of their home is 
filled with exquisite evidences of their taste in art. 

Mrs. Philip Hamburger, of Sheffield Street, is a rather fine-looking 
woman, inclined to be stout, always dresses in the height of the fashion and 
her diamonds are so fine as to be worth seeing. Her children are young and 
require a good deal of her care. From one to two hundred and fifty thou- 
sand is the estimated fortune of her husband. 

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Avenue music dealer, makes pleasant is on Rebecca Street, Twentieth Ward. 
Mr. Hamilton's wealth is put at $100,000. 

Mrs. John H. Hampton is a daughter of the late Judge Todd, of Phila- Hampton. 
delphia, and comes of one of the finest families of the Quaker City. She is I 
tall and stately, a brunette, and dresses tastefully and with elegance. Some ! 
extremely fine diamonds repose in her jewel case— when not in use — and her 
horses, carriages, pictures, rare china, cut glass and bric-a-brac of all de- 
scriptions are enough to make any reasonable woman happy. 

Mrs. John Harper, the wife of the President of the Bank of Pittsburg, 
was in her time a very handsome woman and entertained beautifully. In 
black velvet and diamonds, a costume she affected, she was magnificent. 
Mrs. Harper, owing to a recent bereavement, is in mourning. 

Mrs. John A. Harper and Mrs. Charles H. Harper, nee Murfree, 
daughters-in-law of Mrs. John Harper, are very pretty young women and 
much admired. Mrs. John Harper, a Chicago girl, very pretty and fond of 
society, sings beautifully, her voice being cultivated and expressive. 

Mrs. Wilson Harper was one of last winter's pretty brides. As Miss 
Alma Braden she was one of the most popular of Bast End girls. She is 
fond of company and has done some pretty entertaining in her new home. 

Mrs. Nathan Hart, a wealthy lady of Quaker stock, lovely and good, is 
one of the Pennocks, that being her maiden name. 

Miss Antoinette Hartwell, formerly of New York, a very pretty girl, is 
highly intellectual, having Tatin and Greek at her finger ends. 

The wife of Judge Hawkins, a daughter of Mrs. Richard Hays, is a 
devoted mother, going but little into society. She entertains occasionally, 
giving delightful, rather informal luncheons, but is more given to the form 
of hospitality that is always ready to welcome friends and chance acquaint- 
ances who drop in. Mrs. Hawkins received about $ 150,000 from her father's 
estate. The Judge and his wife, surrounded by a group of charming chil- 
dren, live at Hawkins' Station the larger portion of the year, spending the 
summer at Bedford. As Miss Jennie Hays, Mrs. Hawkins was considered 
very pretty. Of medium height, erect, well-rounded figure, clearly-cut 
features, light brown hair, blue-gray eyes, complexion pure and pale, she 
properly belonged to the statuesque order of female loveliness. 

Mrs. Alex. E. Hay, of Allegheny, is noted for her fine housekeeping, 
but does not allow it to take up all her time. She goes out quite a good deal. 

Mrs. Malcolm Hay, widow of the ex- Assistant Postmaster General, comes 
of fine Eastern stock. She was a Miss Southard. Miss Virginia Hay, her 
daughter, is quite pretty. Miss Hay's engagement to Mr. J. H. Stewart, of 
Homewood, was announced recently. 

Mrs. Charles Hays, of Stockton Avenue, Allegheny, is much esteemed 



Harper. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Hays. 



Hill. 
Wilson. 
Van Gorder. 

Hilliard. 



HlMMELRICH. 



Hitchcock. 



Hodges. 

Phillips. 
Ciosman. 



HOFFSTOTT. 



in fashionable society. Her daughter, Miss Carrie Hays, fair, with reddish- 
brown hair and picturesque in type, is one of the season's "buds." 

Mrs. Henry Hays, a sweet-faced brunette, inclined to embonpoint in 
figure, dresses elegantly and lives handsomely on Ellsworth Avenue. 

The widow of James H. Hays, of the South Side, was a Miss McClurg. 
She is very wealthy and dresses elegantly and with taste. 

Mrs. William Hays, nee Caroline Irwin, was a daughter of the late Boyle 
Irwin, one of the earliest and most respected residents of the city. Mrs. 
Hays is tall and fine looking. She is a sister of Mrs. Richard Hays, the two 
having married brothers. Miss Lydia Hays, her daughter, is very popular 
in society. 

As Miss Selina Meyers, of Allegheny, Mrs. Louis Hexter was among the 
prettiest of our Jewesses. Fine figure, dark hair, clear complexion, bright 
eyes and winsome manners are a few of her charms. 

Mrs. Harry Hill, nee Blanche Wilson, of Bellefield, is a daughter of 
George Wilson, ex-Mayor of Pittsburg. Miss Eftie Wilson and Mrs. Van 
Gorder are sisters, and all three are very lovely young women. 

Mrs. Harry Hilliard, one of the summer brides, was Mary Jones, 
daughter of Thomas M. Jones, of the firm of Jones & Eaughlin. She was a 
popular society girl and makes a charming young matron. Her husband is 
a son of Mrs. William Carr. 

An addition of recent years to Pittsburg society is Mrs. Himmelrich, 
of Locust Street, Allegheny, formerly one of Baltimore's belles. She has a, 
most stately and dignified presence and a pretty face and form. 

Mrs. Sarah Hitchcock has a pleasant home on Fayette Street, Alle- 
gheny. In her younger days Mrs. Hitchcock was considered a brilliant 
woman, bright and vivacious. She is worth from three to five hundred 
thousand, therefore able to indulge a fancy for diamonds, and has some very 
fine jewels. 

Miss Margaret Hodges comes of the Baltimore family of that name, 
celebrated for musical ability. On her mother's side Miss Hodges is a 
Phillips and she makes her home with her aunt, Miss Jane Phillips. An- 
other niece of Miss Phillips, Miss Frederika Crosman, also lives with her, 
and the house is naturally quite a rendezvous for fashionable people. 

Miss Belle Simpson, who afterwards became the wife of General William 
Hoffman, U. S. A., was a woman of remarkable beauty, and a good many 
years ago was one of Pittsburg's favorite belles. 

Mrs. Frank Hoffstott, a pretty young matron, is a sister of Mrs. Henry 
Phipps. Mrs. and Miss Hoffstott, her mother and sister-in-law, are both 
cultivated, intellectual women. 

Miss Nathaniel Hogg was a Miss Hall, daughter of a Bedford clergy- 



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man, and granddaughter of Mr. Harris, for whom Harrisburg, the State 
capital, was named. Mr. and Mrs. Hogg live in an old-fashioned house in 
Allegheny, on Canal and Washington Streets, a house to which, with its 
antique belongings and odd, unexpected nooks and corners, a sort of mys- 
tery seems to cling. They are rather quiet in their ways, going rarely into 
fashionable society. The value of their property and investments is gener- 
ally put at two or three hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Hogg belongs to 
the queenly type — cold and haughty in appearance, with dark brown eyes 
and dusky hair and a complexion of ivory paleness. She is a highly gifted 
woman, reads a great deal, is an ardent worshiper at the font of knowledge, 
a charming conversationalist, whose language is often really poetical. 

Mrs. Tou Holden, nee Miss Smith, of Philadelphia, is a blonde, lively in 
disposition and fond of entertaining. 

In the use of the brush the Misses Holmes, of Bellefield, are far and 
away ahead of the average of young lady amateurs, while one of them is 
the happy possesssor of a lovely, cultivated voice. 

Mrs. John Grier Holmes, nee Sue Home, is a daughter of Joseph Home. 
She moves in an exclusive set in the Bast End and is loved and admired by 
her friends. Mrs. Holmes' house is lovely and furnished with perfect taste. 

Mrs. Nathaniel Holmes, nee Grier, although she does not care to go 
much into society, supports a generous hospitality, welcoming cordially all 
friends who drop in to see her. In character she is good and lovely. Misses 
Mary and Eleanor Holmes are fonder of society, going out quite a good 
deal. Miss Eleanor is considered by many the beauty of the family. 

Miss Nellie Holmes is one of the pretty girls of Bellefield. She is 
petite, her eyes are brown and her arms and tiny hands are soft and white 
and dimpled. Miss Holmes is a sister of A. G. Holmes, who married Miss 
Gertrude, a sister of Mrs. George Westinghouse, Jr. 

Mrs. Reese Holmes, nee Lizzie Dok, with light hair, big brown eyes and 
a lovely complexion, was at the time of marriage a belle as well as a beauty. 

Mrs. Hopkins, wife of Hon. James H. Hopkins, a Baltimore lady, in 
personal beauty was a worthy daughter of that city of beautiful women. 
The Hopkins have of late years made Washington their home, but Pitts 
burg, loth to lose such charming people, claims them still. 

Mrs. Durban Home, a Miss Andrews, came from Cincinnati. She is 
gentle, kind and lovely, an ornament to the society she favors with her 
presence. 

The two Misses Houston, of Taylor Avenue, Allegheny, are distinguished 
in different ways. Miss Lillie is devoted to art, has a studio at her home, 
where she is always busy, is a fine artist, a member of the Art League of New 



Holmes. 



Holmes. 



Holmes. 



Holmes. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Howard. 
Nitnick. 



Howe. 
Faber. 



Jennings. 



York. Miss M. E. Houston has a scientific mind and is one of the few 
practical chemists of the city, having studied for years with Prof. Blanc. 

Miss Rebecca Howard belongs to one of the oldest families in the East 
End. She had sole charge of her nephew, Howard Nimick, until he grew to 
man's estate. Mr. Nimick recently married Miss Tyson, a pretty Baltimore 
belle. 

The house at the Cemetery recently demolished was the residence of a 
cultured German, whose name was Glazier, and his accomplished wife, who 
was a Miss Howell, of New Jersey, an aunt of Judge Agnew and Mrs. Jeffer- 
son Davis. The handsome glass, china and bric-a-brac, combined with their 
hospitality, added much to their entertainments. 

Mrs. Will Howe, nee Ida Faber, with flashing dark eyes and rich 
brunette coloring, was a few years ago a noted East End beauty. Miss 
Faber, a sister of Mrs. Howe, is sweet and very pretty. 

Mrs. Hunt, Captain A. E. Hunt's wife, was a Yankee girl. She is one 
of the intelligent woman of the East End, and as fine a cook and house- 
keeper as that end of town can boast. 

A brilliant complexion, dark hair and eyes are some of the items that go 
to make Miss Fannie Hunter the remarkably pretty girl she is. 

Mrs. Hussey, nee Byram, the widow of Curtis Hussey and daughter-in- 
law of Dr. C. G. Hussey, lives in a large old-fashioned house on Cedar 
Avenue, Allegheny. She is plain in her tastes, and on account of her bereave- 
ments has not been in society. She is a careful and tender mother, has a 
very interesting family, her two oldest daughters, Misses Mabel and Clara, 
being two of Allegheny's most popular girls. Mrs. Hussey's wealth, judging 
from the value of her husband's estate, ought to go away above a hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin, widow of Henry Irwin, formerly of Irwin Avenue, 
was a daughter of Eewis Peterson, who died a few years since at -the remark- 
able age of ninty-four years. Mr. Peterson was one of the early settlers in 
Allegheny. Mrs. Irwin has always been noted for her fine housekeeping, 
wit, vivaciousness, warmheartedness, devotion as a wife and mother and 
cordial hospitality. She has just built a new home on Western Avenue, 
Allegheny. 

Mrs. William H. Irwin is a daughter of Mrs. Samuel Purviance. She 
is one of the loveliest of women, gentle, sweet, unaffected and is loved 
by everybody. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin live in a, beautiful house on Fayette 
Street, Allegheny. 

Mrs. Will Jennings, of Fifth Avenue, East End, young, attractive and 
highly cultured, cares nothing for society, to which, would she but lend 
herself, she would be a bright ornament. Her paintings on china are of far 



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more than ordinary merit, and as a linguist she has few equals, there being 
probably no lady in Pittsburg whose French accent and fluency are more 
perfect. 

Mrs. ex-Governor Johnston is a beautiful old lady distinguished by her 
lovely gray hair and sweet face. She is of medium build, dresses always in 
black. Her daughter, Miss Nannie M. Johnston, is very tall, of a lovely 
figure, fine complexioned and very stylish. 

Miss Mame Johnston, daughter of Mr. Simon Johnston, a tall, slender 
brunette, with dark eyes and hair and clear olive skin, is one of the Hazle- 
wood beauties. 

The widow of Mr. Ross Johnston, as Miss Anna Blair, was one of the 
belles of the town. Rather petite in figure, her bright, animated counte- 
nance and lovely fresh, rosy coloring presented a picture singularly attractive. 

Mrs. Sullivan Johnston is one of the few society women who has given 
her attention to literary pursuits. She has written much that is deemed 
excellent by competent critics — has even gone into the mystic land of poesy. 

Mrs. W. G. Johnston lives handsomely on Fifth Avenue, East End. 
Miss Johnston, the daughter, is moderately fond of society. 

Mrs. Thomas M. Jones is the wife of the wealthy iron manufacturer, a 
brother and partner of B. F. Jones. 

Mrs. Simon Kaufman, wife of the wholesale clothing merchant, is quiet 
in her mode of life, her children being grown up and married. She enter- 
tains but little. Their residence is on Cedar Avenue, Allegheny. Mr. 
Kaufman owns property of one kind and another to the amount of $250,000. 

Mrs. Sol. Kaufman, who was formerly Miss Bella Kahn, is a pretty 
brunette, possessed of jet black hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, and a 
sweet, amiable disposition. As a young lady she was quite a belle. 

Mrs. John Conrad Kay was a Chicago girl. In figure she is tall and very 
graceful, and her face is lovely — with laughing, brown eyes and chestnut 
hair. Witty and fond of entertaining, she is a power in the exclusive Alle- 
gheny set in which she moves. 

Mrs. A. F. Keating, the wife of Councilman Keating, lives in a nice 
house on Rebecca Street, East End. She is domestic in her tastes, going 
very little into society. Her husband's fortune is said to be a good deal 
over $100,000. 

Mrs. Fred. H. Kennedy was Miss Kate Brown, and through her mother, 
who was a McGunnigle, is related to many influential Allegheny families. 

The wife of John M. Kennedy, Esq. , was a St. Touis lad}' of good 
family. She does little visiting as she is something of an invalid. 

Mrs. James Kenney, nee Scott, entertains on a quiet scale and goes out 
moderately. 



Johnston. 

Johnston. 

Johnston. 

Johnston. 

Johnston. 

Jones. 

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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



King. 
Scott. 



KlTZMILLER. 



Knox. 
Lee. 



IvAGERFELT. 



Mrs. King, wife of Dr. Calvin King, is fine looking and moderately fond 
of society. She was a Miss Chambers of the family celebrated as glass 
manufacturers. 

Miss Effie King, a sister of Mrs. William Scott of Bellefield, with whom 
she makes her home, is a remarkably attractive girl and a favorite in her 
social set. 

Mrs. E. A. Kitzmiller was a daughter of the late Peter Duff, of Duff's 
College. Her husband is a member of the firm of P. Duff & Sons. They 
live in a beautiful home at Hawkins' Station. Mrs. Kitzmiller is moderately 
fond of society, but more active in Church work. Allie Kitzmiller, a sweet 
young daughter, is one of the coming "buds." 

Mrs. Jacob Klee, the fine-looking wife of the wholesale clothier, is the 
mistress of one of the finest residences on Sheffield Street, Allegheny. It is 
large and beautifully furnished, and to it is attached a charming flower 
garden. Mr. and Mrs. Klee have some very pretty young lady daughters. 
They are worth from $150,000 to $200,000. 

In one of a pretty new block of houses in Allegheny, which he recently 
built, Mr. Joseph Klee and his family reside. Mrs. Klee is a pleasant man- 
nered, good-looking woman, and quite a favorite in her social circle. 

Mrs. P. C. Knox, wife of the attorney, was a Miss Smith, daughter of 
Andrew Smith of the firm of Smith, Sutton & Co. Mrs. Knox does quite a 
good deal of social visiting. 

Mrs. W. W. Knox is small and slight, and so young looking that one 
would never guess her to be the mother of grown-up children. She is youth- 
ful in her ways and feelings, very charming, and entertains beautifully. 

The progenitors of the Knox family, of Sherman Avenue, Allegheny, 
were, three generations back, Miss Nellie McCord and Mr. Robert Knox, 
who were married in Lancaster in early times, and made their bridal tour on 
horseback to the frontier village of Pittsburg. Their son, Robert Knox, 
Jr., married Miss Isabella Leggett, and even then Pittsburg was a very 
small town, and Allegheny City was woods and pastures green. Associated 
with Mr. Knox in business was his sister, Miss Mary Knox, for many years 
well known and respected in this city for her sterling integrity and fine 
business qualifications, as well as her unbounded hospitality and wonderful 
memory. Surviving her brother, and also his wife, many years, she was 
always looked up to by her nephew and nieces as the head of the family, 
which consists at present of Mrs. Caleb Dee, Jr., of Hulton ; Miss Eliza 
Knox, Mrs. Alex. F. Hay and Robert Knox, Jr. 

Baroness Lagerfelt, wife of the Vice-Consul for Norway and Sweeden, is 
the only titled woman, with the exception of George Westinghouse's wife, 
living in Pittsburg. She is a demi-brunette inclined to embonpoint, dresses 



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elegantly and wears a great many diamonds. The maiden name of the 
Baroness was Doty, she coming of the wealthy Steubenville family of that 
name. 

Mrs. Frank Laughlin is a Western woman. Margaret, Mrs. Laughlin's 
daughter, several years ago married Mr. John M. S. Allison. His sad death 
a year ago has left her a young widow. 

Mrs. Henry Laughlin was a Miss Reed, of Washington, Pa. Miss Annie 
Laughlin, a debutante, Mrs. Laughlin's step-daughter, through her mother 
is a niece of William Thaw. She is a lovely girl, a blonde, mild, gentle and 
refined in manner, and has received the polish travel bestows through a tour 
of Europe. 

Mrs. George Laughlin, nee Belle McKennon, of Washington, Pa., comes 
of a family of beautiful women. Mrs. Laughlin is very handsome. 

One of the extremely young heiresses is Miss Irwin Laughlin. She is a 
sweet girl, rather pretty, still attends school and lives with her aunt, Miss 
Bissell, of Shadyside. 

Mrs. James Laughlin is a representative Pittsburger, her father having 
been Boyle Irwin and her maternal grandfather Nathaniel Irish. 

Mrs. James B. Laughlin, nee Clara Young, is one of the October brides. 
Mrs. Laughlin is a daughter of W. W. Young, of Shadyside. Edna Young, 
her sister, is just " out " in society, where she made a very pleasing impres- 
sion. Their mother was a Moody, and they are cousins of the Browns and 
McCurdys, of the East End. 

Mrs. James Laughlin, Jr., nee Sydney Page, through her mother claims 
connection with the large Phillips connection. 

Mrs. Lawrence, wife of Col. William J. Lawrence, lives handsomely on 
Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny. Three daughters, Teresa, Annie and Mary, are 
very popular society girls and also prominent in charitable work. 

Mrs. Jane Leckey, of Rebecca Street, Allegheny, was a Miss Cochran, 
the eldest daughter of William Cochran, one of the earliest residents of 
Allegheny. Mrs. Leckey's mother was a Davis, a member of another old 
Allegheny family. Three daughters, the Misses Leckey, live with their 
mother. 

Mrs. Fred. Leech, nee Retta Park, was left a dot of $250,000 by her 
father, the late David Park. She travels almost all the time, in great style 
too, with a retinue of servants ; has been abroad many times and in fact 
nearly all over the world ; is a fine linguist and a singularly agreeable and 
attractive woman. A cottage at Cresson and a handsome residence in 
Washington, D. C, are two of their homes. At present the family are 
residing at the latter place. 



Laughlin. 
Allison. 



Laughlin. 



Laughlin. 
laughlin. 

Laughlin. 

Laughlin. 
Young. 

Laughlin. 
Lawrence. 

Leckey. 



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LEISHMAN. 

Crawford. 



Le Moyne. 



Lindsay. 



Lloyd. 



Lloyd. 
Lloyd. 



Logan. 



Logan. 



Long. 
Van Kirk. 



Long. 



Loomis. 
Lothrop. 



Lyon. 



Mrs. John G. A. Leishman and her sister, Miss Crawford, who makes 
her home with her, are large, handsome blondes. They dress very richly 
and stylishly and have some stiperb diamonds. The Leishmans have re- 
cently taken up their residence in the East End, where they live elegantly. 

Mrs. Dr. Frank Le Moyne, nee Lutie Lewis, daughter of Mr. Kirk Lewis, 
who has light brown hair and lovely blue eyes, was in her girlhood thought 
to be one of the prettiest girls of her set. 

Mrs. Lindsay, wife of James H. Lindsay, of Lindsay & McCutcheon, 
lives on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny. They are said to be worth from three to 
four hundred thousand dollars. 

Mrs. David Lloyd, nee McClintock, whose husband has from a quarter 
to half a million, is also quite well fixed in her own right. Her fortune 
easily reaches the hundred thousand dollar mark. She is young, tall, with 
brown hair and eyes, and has an attractive home on Penn Avenue. 

Mrs. Henry Lloyd, nee Fawcett, of Bellefaeld, is young, pretty and 
extremely fond of society. Mr. Lloyd is worth probably $300,000. 

Mrs. John Lloyd, of Bellefield, is a pretty little woman, still in her 
twenties. Her marriage — the result of a boy and girl attachment — took 
place before she was eighteen, and their happiness would have been con- 
summated even sooner but for parental restraint. In disposition Mrs. 
Lloyd is sweet and very amiable, and her tastes are thoroughly domestic. 

Mrs. A. J. Logan, of the Monongahela House, nee Sue Murphy, an 
attractive, dark-eyed young lady, is gaining quite a reputation as a brilliant 
conversationalist. Witty bon mots, keen-edged criticisms and graceful 
pleasantries are continually falling from her rosy lips. 

Miss L- Logan, tall, slight, with dark hair and eyes, is well known in 
society. Art and music both engage her attention. 

Mrs. David M. Long, who was a Miss Verner, a cousin of Mrs. Bishop 
Simpson, is a refined, motherly woman and devotes her time to making her 
home the lovely place it is. Mrs. Long was one of the members of the old 
Second Church. Mrs. William L. Van Kirk, nee Lillie Long, Mrs. Long's 
only daughter, is a beautiful young woman, whose graceful bearing is 
not the least of her charms. 

Mrs. Joseph D. Long, who was Margaret Dravo, is pretty and stylish 
and entertains handsomely. 

Mrs. Stanley Loomis was a Miss Lottie Brandred, of Oil City. 

Miss Hetty Lothrop was a granddaughter of the late Rev. Joseph 
Stockton. She makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Byron Painter. 

Mrs. John D. Lyon, of the East End, lovely in character, intelligent, 
handsome, has the faculty of making home "the dearest spot on earth " to 
her husband, at the same time finding time to discharge her social duties. 



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Mrs. William C. Macruni, who lives in a pretty house at Edgewood, is 
trie mother of four charming daughters — Mrs. C. P. Graver ("Chip" 
Macrum) and Misses Ida, Kate and Sallie Macrum. 

Mrs. William Macrum, of Ingram Station, is French, Paris having been 
her birthplace. Her family, the De Lesseps, is a distinguished one, Count 
De Lesseps, the famous engineer of Suez Canal fame, who is now construct- 
ing the Panama Canal, being one of its members. Count De Lesseps is Mrs. 
Macrum's granduncle. 

Mrs. Addison Magee, a young and pretty woman, came from the East- 
ern part of the State. 

Mrs. Marion Markle, nee Frances Whitmore, is lively and attractive. 
She is the mother of two young lady daughters, Mrs. James Stein and Miss 
Mame Markle. 

Mrs. Marshall, the widow of James Marshall, and her daughter Frances 
are quite prominent in society. They are invited everywhere and give 
elegant entertainments. Mrs. Marshall was married twice, being a Mrs. 
Clarkson when Mr. Marshall married her. Mr. T. C. Clarkson is her son. 

Mrs. Thomas Marshall, Jr., who was Miss Nannie Herron, has an almost 
perfect figure. Her form, a few years ago, was so beautifully proportioned 
that it was often said to be the finest in Pittsbtirg. 

Miss Jean Marshall, daughter of ' ' glorious old Tom, ' ' is handsome and 
accomplished. As a horsewoman she is perfect, sitting erect and riding 
with grace and daring. 

Mrs. S. S. Marvin, whose husband is said to have made a fortune in the 
cracker business, has a comfortable home, prettily furnished, in Shadyside. 

Mrs. Edward Maxwell is a member of one of Pittsburg's old families. 
Mary Friend was her maiden name, and her mother was a Miss Wood, of 
Penn Avenue. 

Miss Maxwell, the daughter of the rector of Trinity, is young — only 
about eighteen — and very pretty. Her eyes are brown, large and soft, her 
hair dark and her features good. Miss Maxwell's mother is dead, and she 
is her father's almost constant companion. 

Mrs. William Metcalf, whose handsome home is on Fulton Street, is a 
sister of Mrs. Jacob Paul. Mrs. Metcalf is a member of the large McCandless 
family. Miss Kellie Metcalf, her daughter, is accomplished and attractive. 

Mrs. Jacob Miller, of Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, was a descendant of 
Joshua Walker, who started a boat yard at Elizabeth in 1800. She is a 
cousin of James G. Blaine. Miss Annie Miller, her step-daughter, is pretty, 
of a brunette type, and Miss Adelaide, Mrs. Miller's daughter, who is hardly 
" out " yet, was among the most admired belles at Cape May last summer. 

Mrs. Wilson Miller, whose husband is connected with the Pittsburg 



Macrum. 
Graver. 



Macrum. 



Markle. 
Stein. 



Marshall. 



Marshall. 



Marshall. 



Maxwell. 



Maxwell. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Montgomery. 



IIONTOOTH. 



MOORHEAD. 



JIOORHEAD. 



MOORHEAD. 



Locomotive Works, is a handsome lady, fond of society and knows how to 
entertain. The Misses Miller, only recently introduced into society, are also 
devoted to social pleasures. 

Mrs. Charles Milner, nee Carrie Holmes, has given much time to the 
development of her artistic powers, and paints remarkably well. 

Mrs. Montgomery, wife of J. M. Montgomery, the oil broker, lives on 
Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, and presides over one of the pleasantest homes 
on that aristocratic street. 

The Misses Montooth, of Centre Avenue, keep house for their brothers, 
Major and Charles Montooth, Esq. They are tall, handsome women, cul- 
tured and extremely popular among their friends. They entertain in a 
quiet way. 

From a quiverful of daughters only two are left to brighten the home of 
B. D. Moore, of Grant Avenue, Allegheny, Misses Burns and Birdie. They 
are pretty women of different types, Burns being a brunette and her sister a 
pronounced blonde. 

Mr. Frank Moorhead married Miss Kate Upshur, daughter of Admiral 
Upshur, of the U. S. Navy. All of Mrs. Moorhead's relatives are decidedly 
aristocratic. She is quite a society woman and noted for her rich and stylish 
dressing. Their home is a beautiful one and they live in great style. 

Mrs. John Moorhead, small, fair, bright and very pretty, was a Chicago 
girl. She dresses a great deal and is devoted to society. She and her husband 
live in great style on Bidwell Street, Allegheny, using the finest of china, cut 
glass and solid silver plate on their table all the time. 

Mrs. William J. Moorhead, nee Emily Black, has a delightful home on 
the corner of Fifth Avenue and Neville Street. Her fine taste is celebrated, and 
she is never more charming than in the role of hostess. Her daughter, Miss 
Elizabeth Moorhead, entered society several seasons ago and is one of the 
" cotillion " set. In addition to social accomplishments Miss Moorhead has 
decided literary talent. 

Two fair young debutantes who are enjoying their first social triumphs 
this season are Misses Clara and Julia Morgan, daughters of Col. Algernon 
Sydney Morgan, of the United States Arsenal in this city. Through their 
mother the young ladies are descendants of one of the oldest and best of 
Pittsburg families — the Bells. She was also a grandniece of old Mr. Avery. 
The Misses Morgan are both charming girls, and society accorded them a 
very hearty welcome. 

Mrs. Morgan, a very handsome old lady whom the desolating finger of 
time has touched lightly, was, in her budding youth, a rarely famous beauty, 
of a glowing brunette type. Her two daughters, Mrs. Hagan and Mrs. Ken- 
nedy, are both very pretty women. 



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Miss Morris, of the East End, is a girl whom everybody likes. Her 
mother was a Miss Coltart, for whom Coltart Square was named. 

Mrs. Frank Morris, of Allegheny, who is young and fond of society, is a 
daughter of S. D. Hamilton, of the South Side. 

Mrs. Clara J. Moseley, of Allegheny, was a daughter of Dr. Samuel M. 
King, of Monongahela City, and is a sister of Dr. C. B. King, of Allegheny. 
Mrs. Moseley's family is one of the oldest and best known of Washington 
County. Mrs. T. H. Baird, of Monongahela City, is a sister of Mrs. Mosely, 
and when a girl was noted for her beauty throughout the entire southwest 
section. 

Mrs. Mullins, as Amy Scovel, a year or two ago was a Pittsburg girl. 
Her brown eyes and golden hair made her very pretty. She lives with her 
husband in Wooster, Ohio. 

Mrs. W. J. Mustin was Miss Sarah Dorrington, of the East End. 

Miss McCandless, of Sandusky Street, Allegheny, is a fine French 
scholar, musical, vivacious and intelligent in conversation, and in many ways 
accomplished. 

Mrs. Edward V. McCandless, who was a bride last spring, was a Miss 
Lucy Cook, of Chillicothe, Ohio. She is a relative of Mrs. Hayes, the wife 
of the ex-President. Mrs. McCandless is so lovely and winning that her 
circle of friends in this city is already very large. Mrs. David McCandless, 
the well-beloved stepmother of her husband, makes her home with them. 

Mrs. Stephen Collins McCandless, nee Bartles, of Flemington, N. J., 
was a daughter of Charles Bartles. Mrs. McCandless is lovely and gentle in 
manner and a highly cultured woman. 

Mrs. William G. McCandless was lizzie Johnston, a daughter of the late 
ex-Governor Johnston. She is fine looking, dresses richly and is a leader 
in her set. 

Mrs. David McCargo, the wife of the Superintendent of the Allegheny 
Valley Road, lives in handsome style at Shadyside. Miss Bessie McCargo, 
her young daughter, is a remarkably pretty girl. 

A bright complexion, dark hair and dreamy dark eyes are but the out- 
lines of the lovely face of Mrs. Dr. McClelland, nee Pears. 

Miss Mary McClelland, of Shadyside, quick at repartee, with plenty of 
dry wit and a wonderful grace of manner, is a great favorite in society, of 
which she is very fond. 

Mrs. Frank McClintock, nee Stella Updike, before her marriage was a 
belle and had more than her share of admirers. She is bright intellectually, 
a lively conversationalist. Her dressing is always handsome and her house 
is one of the pretty ones of Fayette Street, Allegheny. Mr. McClintock, of 
the firm of McClintock Bros., is quite well off. 



Moseley. 
Baird. 



Mustin. 
McCandless . 



McCandless. 



McCandless. 



McCandless. 



McCargo. 



McClelland. 



McClelland. 



McClintock. 



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MCCLINTOCK. 



HcClixtock. 



McClintock.. 



McClintock. 



MCCOOK. 



MCCORMICK. 



MCCORMICK. 



MCCORMICK. 



McCoy. 



McCrea. 

Montgomery . 



McCutcheon. 



Mrs. Oliver McCliutock was Miss Clara Childs, of the East End. Mrs. 
McClintock is lovely, educated and refined, is quite wealthy in her own 
right, and her husband also has a handsome fortune. 

Miss Minnie McClintock, sister of the McClintock Bros., of Fifth 
Avenue, is an heiress to the extent of about $100,000. She lives with her 
sister, Mrs. William Kennedy, of Allegheny, but spends much of her time 
traveling. 

Mr. Thompson McCliutock married a Miss Dows, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
a sister of the wife of Mr. Benjamin Thaw. Mrs. McClintock presides de- 
lightfully over their Fayette Street home. She is in every way a charming 
lady, brilliant and accomplished. 

Mrs. Walter McClintock, being a daughter of Abraham Garrison, will 
some da}' be a great heiress. Her husband is very comfortably off now. 
Mrs. McClintock is fond of societ}' and gives some very elegant entertain- 
ments. 

Mrs. McCook, the wife of Willis F. McCook, Esq., is handsome and 
quite a Church worker. 

Mrs. James McCord, kind and good and charitable, is in delicate health 
and lives in Philadelphia. She was a Miss Thompson of this city, and was 
prominent in the old Second Church. 

Mrs. Walter McCord, a daughter of James Benney, is quite pretty and 
shines in society. 

Mrs. McCorrnick, of Cedar Avenue, Allegheny, was a Grant, and is a 
sister of Mrs. Isaac Pennock. Miss Sophie McCorrnick is extremely fond 
of society and goes out constantly. She is very bright and popular. 

Mrs. Martha McCorrnick, nee Sharon, of Cadiz, Ohio, widow of H. H. 
McCorrnick, the United States Attorney in Pittsburg under Grant, 
through long residence here might be called a Pittsburg woman. Mrs. 
McCorrnick is a fine-looking woman, of a cheerful, happy temperament, and 
naturally makes many friends. 

Owing as much to her fascinating manners and interesting character, 
perhaps, as to her appearance, Mrs. Pollard McCorrnick, nee Rebecca 
Schoenberger, was a much sought after young lady in Pittsburg society of 
half a century ago. 

That Mrs. Harry McCoy has artistic instincts no one who has seen some 
of her India ink sketches could doubt — they are delicate and well shaded. 

Mrs. James McCrea was a Miss Montgomery, and is a relative of the 
Moorheads. She dresses richly and has some handsome jewels. Her hos- 
pitality is of the most elegant description. Miss Montgomery, who goes 
out a good deal, is a sister of Mrs. McCrea. 

Mrs. James McCutcheon, wife of the President of the First National 



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Bank of Allegheny, who is also the junior member of the firm of Lindsay & 
McCutcheon, is a fine-looking, middle-aged lady, quiet in her ways and not 
greatly given to society. They live in a solid, substantial manner, with 
very little show, on Irwin Avenue, Allegheny, and are worth about $200,000. 

Miss Mame McDowell, of Fayette Street, Allegheny, is a much admired 
young lady. She is tall and slender, has dark eyes and chestnut hair and a 
pale, colorless skin. 

A charming brunette, with bright color, lovely teeth and enchanting 
dimples, is Miss Eleanor McElroy. 

Mrs. Samuel McElroy, a bride some six or eight months ago, is cosily 
established in a pretty house on Craig Street. 

Mrs. James A. McFadden, formerly Miss Catherwood, of Philadelphia, 
is independently wealthy in her own right, and with Mr. McFadden is con- 
sidered authority in matters of refined, delicate, exquisite taste. Their 
beautifully appointed home on Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, contains, perhaps, 
more articles of virtu rare and priceless than any other residence in the 
city. 

A very beautiful woman is Mrs. John R. McGinley, nee Atterbury. She 
is of the brunette type. 

Mrs. Sarah Ann McGounigle, of Cedar Avenue, Allegheny, is a sister of 
Mrs. Jane Leckey. Mr. William Cochran, Mrs. McGonnigle's father, was 
Deputy- Warden of the Penitentiary more than sixty years ago. 

Mrs. Maria McGunnegle, wife of the late James McGunnegle, lives in 
Allegheny, and is a descendant of one of the oldest families of the count3^, 
Her great-grandfather, James McKee, was the first settler of McKee's 
Rocks, which still bears the family name, he having purchased all that tract 
of land from the Indians in 1765. Miss Maria Louisa McGunnegle, her 
daughter, is a young lady whose happy disposition has made for her a 
host of friends. 

Mrs. Mcintosh, of Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside, Mrs. E. M. Fergu- 
son's mother, enjoys a goodly income and is domiciled in one of the hand- 
somest homes in the city. 

Brilliant in conversation, a dancer of much grace, with the knack of 
entertaining company, Mrs. C. I. McKee, nee Nannie Patrick, of Ridge 
Avenue, Allegheny, is a real social ornament. Mr. McKee is worth about 
$200,000. 

Mrs. J. R. McKee, of Roup Street, is quite rich in her own right, and 
her husband is well off, too. Their united fortunes would easily reach several 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Miss Mary McKee, of Oakland, owns one of the handsome houses in 



McDowell. 

McElroy. 
McElroy. 

McFadden. 



McGinley. 
McGonnigle. 

McGunnegle. 



McIntosh. 
Ferguson. 



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McKelvey. 



McKelvey. 



McKelvy. 



MCKIBBEN. 



MCKlEBEN. 



MCKlTRICK. 



McKn t ight. 



Mcknight. 



McMillin. 



McMurtrie. 



that fashionable neighborhood. Her entertainments, of which she gives 
many, are perfect. Miss McKee is one of the popular women in society. 

Mrs. John H. McKelvey, whose husband is in the white lead business, 
lives elegantly in a handsome house on Negley Avenue, East End. One of 
her distinctions, of which she is pardonably proud, is her triplets, beautiful 
children of a kindergarten age. Her daughter, Miss Chrissie, was one of 
the debutantes of a year or two ago, and has, since her coming out, been one 
of society's favorites. 

The wife of the Vice-president of the Standand Oil Company, Mrs. 
William McKelvey, is in charge of one of the elegant residences on Ridge 
Avenue, Allegheny. Unlike most women whose husbands' means reach the 
quarter of a million mark, she is not given to display, being fond of domestic 
life and home pleasures. 

Mrs. James S. McKelvy was, before her marriage, a Miss Adams, of New 
Brighton. 

Mrs. Chambers McKibben, nee Kate Scully, daughter of John D. Scully, 
has her time so occupied with home duties that she goes out but seldom. 

Mrs. Jane McKibben, widow of William McKibben, a Breckenridge, is- 
a member of a distinguished family. 

Two charming Steubenville girls, Mrs. McKitrick, now of Allegheny, 
nee Hannah Gill, and her sister, Nellie, who is also married and living in 
Allegheny, were both very pretty girls of a demi-blonde type. They are 
bright, intellectual and refined. 

Misses Nettie and Fannie McKnight, daughters of the late Joseph Mc- 
Knight, are both popular girls. 

The maiden name of Mrs. McKnight, widow of William McKnight, was 
Sarah Ormsby, she being one of that large and prominent family connection. 
The Misses McKnight — Emmeline, Jennie and Florence — are all in society, 
the latter a dainty, stylish girl, being one of the season's debutantes. 

Mrs. John S. McMillin, of Grand View Avenue, the wife of Captain 
McMillin, was a Miss Bindley, of the old Pittsburg family of that name. 
She is mild and lovely in disposition, yet very energetic and determined 
when there is an object in which her heart is interested. In the estab- 
lishing and carrying on of the Mt. Washington Free Library, Mrs. Mc- 
Millin lent invaluable assistance. 

Mrs. George McMurtrie was a Miss Lothrop, a granddaughter of Rev. 
Joseph Stockton and a sister of Mrs. Byron Painter. 

Mrs. A. W. Naylor, of Monterey Street, Allegheny, wife of the chief of 
the United Press in this city, was Miss Emma Watterson, of Clarion 
County. 



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Mrs. Charles Negley, a daughter of George A. Berry, is rather domestic. 
Mrs. Negley resides with her parents. 

Mrs. D. C. Negley was a daughter of Dr. Bruce, one of the founders of 
the Western University. 

Mrs. E. C. Negley is one of the most popular women in the East End. 
She was a Miss Crawford before her marriage. A positive genius for cooking 
is one of her housewifely accomplishments. Her home is cheerful, hos- 
pitable and inviting, and two 3-oung lady daughters, Misses Jennie and Kate 
Edna, add still further to its attractiveness. 

Mrs. J. D. Nicholson was Miss Seip, of Allegheny. She lives handsomely 
but is quite domestic. 

Miss Mary Nimick keeps house for her widowed brother on Union 
Avenue, Allegheny. She is wealthy and noted for her discriminating 
charity. 

Mrs. Nellie Nevin, nee Hawes, of Ben Venue Place, widow of Col. John 
I. Nevin, is highly educated and possessed of much literary talent. Before 
her marriage she was a remarkably successful teacher, and now that her 
class has dwindled down to the four children who compose her little family, 
she devotes to it the same careful oversight, assistance and interest in their 
studies that characterized her efforts in the larger field. A quickness of 
perception and naturalness of style give to the poems and sketches she 
occasionally contributes to the columns of the press an attractive brightness 
and originality that is delightful. Miss Charlotte Hawes, Mrs. Nevin's 
sister, a pretty blonde, lively and cheerful in disposition, together with their 
mother, Mrs. Hawes, lives with her. Miss Hawes is spending the winter in 
Texas. 

Mrs. John M. Oakley is a daughter of the distinguished surgeon, Dr. 
Brashear, who is at present connected with a medical college in Cleveland. 
She lives in a beautiful new house in Ben Venue Place, and has done a 
great deal of entertaining in the short time they have occupied it. 

As Gertie Ringwalt, Mrs. O'Brien, now of Detroit, was one of the most 
admired belles of the city. A clear complexion, big, flashing black eyes 
and curling blue-black hair, quick, bright and talented — as an amateur 
actress she made her mark — her company was eagerly sought by the beaux 
of the day. 

Mt. "Washington's dizzy heights harbor a delightful little social circle, 
which for culture and accomplishments can bravely hold its own with any 
rival set in the lower city. The ladies whose place as leaders none dispute 
are Mrs. Charles O'Brien, wife of the Attorney ; Mrs. E. H. Derrnitt, who 
like her husband is a true musician; Mrs. Charles Humbert, Mrs. Captain 
Robinson, Mrs. Samuel Harper and Mrs. J. B. Heard. 



Negley. 
Negley. 
Negley. 



Nicholson. 



Nevin. 
Hawes. 



O'Brien. 

Derrnitt. 

Humbert. 

Robinson . 

Harper. 

Heard. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



■Oppenheimer. 



OXNARD. 



Palmer. 
Home. 



Mrs. David Oliver, of Verner Station, has several attractive daughters in 
society. Her husband is a brother of Henry W. and James B. Oliver. 

Mrs. Eugene O'Neill, nee Seely, was left rich by her first husband, the 
late Daniel O'Neill, of the Dispatch. In an elegant home on Fifth Avenue, 
East End, which is furnished in perfect taste, surrounded by her family, 
Mrs. O'Neill lives a rather quiet and retired life. She is fond of travel, and, 
with her husband makes long and frequent journeys. They made a 
European journey the past summer. $400,000 is a moderate estimate of 
what this couple is worth. She, in life's sweet spring, was a decided blonde, 
with the sort of eyes and hair and complexion of which poets rave. Bright 
good sense, pleasant manners and winning ways, added to her beauty, made 
her one of the most fascinating young ladies of her time. 

Mrs. Joseph Ormsby is a domestic woman, her visiting being confined 
principally to relatives. She is a granddaughter of the late Mr. Peter 
Schoenberger. 

Mrs. Oliver H. Ormsby cares nothing for society, and is seldom or never 
seen at fashionable entertainments. 

With her tiny, jaunty figure, bright dark eyes and vivacious, animated 
manner, Mrs. Charles Orr, nee Annie Lazear, would easily pass for a little 
French beauty instead of the good American she is. 

Mrs. Moses Oppenheimer, of Locust Street, Allegheny, is a pleasant 
lady of middle age, who enjoys her home and family life. Her husband, 
who is in the wholesale clothing business on Liberty Street, is worth from 
$150,000 to $200,000. 

Mrs. Edward Oxnard, of Sheffield Street, Allegheny, lives very hand- 
somely. Four charming daughters, all admired society girls, render the 
house one of the pleasantest and liveliest in the city. They entertain beau- 
tifully and often. Mr. Oxnard is of the firm of Warden & Oxnard, and is 
one of the city's wealthy men. 

Mrs. John H. Page is so much of an invalid that she is compelled to 
forego social pleasures. She was a Miss Lytle, a lovely woman of great 
refinement. Misses Sydney, Nannie and Sadie Page go out quite a good 
deal. They live on Western Avenue, Allegheny. 

One of the step-daughters of Mr. Albert Home, Miss Mazie Palmer, a 
slender girl of medium height, is a beauty with fair skin, into whose 
cheeks a lovely color creeps at times with a fitful glow. Her dark eyes 
and light brown hair form a pretty combination. Her sister is also an 
attractive girl, and Mrs. Home, their mother, is an elegant and cultured 
woman. 

Mrs. Samuel Palmer, of Anderson Street, Allegheny, is renowned as a 
hostess. Mr. Palmer, who is a prominent attorney, usually gives a hand- 



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some dinner to the Judges of the Supreme Court (many of whom were his 
classmates) at the close of their session here, and the fame of these din- 
ners has gone abroad. Mrs. Palmer is an artist with her brush and needle, 
and many of the paintings and fine needlework that adorn her house are 
her handiwork. Mr. Palmer is the brother of Mrs. General Howe and is 
reported to be worth $100,000. 

Mrs. James Park, Jr., as Miss Ettie Purviance, was quite a belle in Alle- 
gheny society. The Parks have recently built a splendid home, which will 
doubtless be the scene of much elegant hospitality. 

Mrs. James H. Parker, who is now living in Chicago, was a Miss Zug, 
of Oakland, and before her marriage one of the gayest and most stylish 
girls in Pittsburg. Her daughter, Miss Annie, a charmingly pretty girl, 
is soon to come back to make the city her home as the bride of Mr. Thomas 
S. Blair, of Shadyside. 

One of last April's brides was Mrs. Harry Passavant, of the East End, 
formerly Mrs. Emma Wilson. Mrs. Passavant is a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. John T. Wilson. 

Mrs. Jane Patterson, of Allegheny, is a daughter of William Davis and 
a cousin of the Morrisons. Mrs. William Davis, her mother, comes of a 
good old family — the Tasseys. 

Mrs. Patterson, nee Elizabeth Dravo, the daughter of Francis Dravo, is 
one of the prominent ladies of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Patterson 
is a member of the large Dravo connection of this city and the Beaver Valley. 

Mrs. James Patton, of Irwin Avenue, Allegheny, is very motherly and 
domestic. It is but seldom she goes out, it taking a strong, attraction to 
draw her from the pleasures of her fireside. Mrs. James A. Chambers is 
her daughter. 

Mrs. Harry Paul, of Oakmont, was Miss Jennie Lee, one of the sweetest 
of the Oakmont girls. Mrs. Paul has a cozy home at Oakmont. 

Mrs. Jacob W. Paul, of Edgewater, keeps open house for her friends, 
her home being noted far and wide for its bounteous hospitality. In chari- 
table work Mrs. Paul takes an active part. Only one daughter out of a 
large family is left at home, Miss Nellie, and she, too, will shortly leave the 
home nest to cast her lot with that of Mr. Skelding, of New York. Mrs. 
Paul's married daughters are Mrs. Harry Armstrong. Mrs. Charles Baker 
and Mrs. Ethelbert W. Nevin. The two former live in Edgewater and the 
latter in Ouincy, Mass. 

Mrs. Harry Pears was Vallie Johnston, a daughter of W. G. Johnston. 
Mrs. Pear's sister, Morning Glory Johnston, is one of the winter's brides, 
she having married Edward Bingham in October. 



Passavant. 



Pattersox. 
Davis. 



Patterson. 



Pattox. 
Chambers. 



Paul. 

A rmstrong. 

Baker. 

Nevin. 



Pears. 
Binsrham, 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Peebles. 

Miller. 



Perchment. 

Phelps. 

Phillips. 
Phillips. 
Phillips. 

Phillips. 



Phillips. 

Pinkerton. 

Scott. 

Mattock. 



Pinkerton. 



Purviance. 



Mrs. George Peebles, of the East End, is quiet and unassuming in 
manner. Mrs. Harry Ringwalt and Mrs. William Miller are her daughters. 

Mrs. Isaac Pennock lives in comfortable style on Cedar Avenue, Alle- 
gheny. A member of the fine old Grant family, she can afford to take life 
easily, as only those of established position are privileged to do. The 
Misses Pennock, her daughters, are all bright, lively girls and enjoy social 
pleasures. 

Mrs. P. D. Perchment, the wife of Dr. Perchment, is a bright, sweet 
woman, who says things in an odd, droll fashion, altogether irresistible. She 
is a daughter of Alexander Bradley, Sr. 

Mrs. Thomas Phelps, nee Wordenberg, as a bride was lovely in the ex- 
treme. Light hair and sweet brown eyes, beautifully tinted complexion and 
a tall, well-shaped form, she at once on her appearance in Pittsburg took 
( first rank among the beauties of the day. 

Mrs. Clifton Wharton Phillips, a talented and accomplished woman, is 
from Baltimore., 

Mrs. Dr. Phillips was Kate Ormsby, daughter of Oliver Ormsby. Mrs. 
Phillips is a fine woman and has many admirers. 

Mrs. John Ormsby Phillips is from Harrisburg, she having been a Miss 
Briggs of that city. The Misses Julia and Mary Phillips are daughters of 
the house. 

Mrs. Oliver Ormsby Phillips belongs to a distinguished family, her 
mother having been a Foster and a granddaughter of Col. Crosman, of the 
United States Army. 

Miss Sarah Phillips is a sister of the late Ormsby and Dr. Gus Phillips. 

Mrs. S. S. Pinkerton, who has beautiful apartments at the Monongahela 
House, will soon go to housekeeping. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton are building 
an elegant residence in the East End. Mrs. Pinkerton was the widow of 
Col. Jos. R. Scott, of Chicago. She was formerly Miss Harris, of Chicago, 
j one of five sisters celebrated for their beauty. One sister married John 
Mattock, a leading attorney of that city. Miss Scott, Mrs. Pinkerton's 
daughter, like her mother, is prominent in society. 

Mrs. W. G. Pinkerton, nee Nelly Black, is one of the domestic little 
women. She is a niece of Mrs. Jacob Reymer and of Mrs. John Hazlett, 
wife of one of Youngstown's leading manufacturers. 

Miss Nellie Porter, who has dark brown hair, black fringed blue eyes, 
and brunette complexion, is a lovely girl. 

Mrs. Hen Preston, nee Cosgrave, is of medium height, dark and very 
. pretty. 

The widow of Samuel Purviance, since her children married, has spent 
I most of her time in travel. Mrs. Purviance was a Miss Irwin, of Harris- 



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burg, hers being one of the leading families of the central part of the State. 
Mrs. W. H. Irwin and Mrs. James Park, Jr. , are daughters of Mrs. Pur- 
viance. 

Mrs. Gilbert Rafferty lives in splendor on Fifth Avenue, East End. Mrs. 
Rafferty is tall and dark and stately, and well becomes the quantity of dia- ! 
monds she wears; she has high-stepping horses to draw her stylish carriage; j 
is the mother of a large family, and like the rest of the family connection 
belongs to the Catholic confession of faith. Between two and three hundred i 
thousand dollars is Mr. Rafferty's figure. 

Mrs. Alfred J. Rankin, of Allegheny, is a stately woman, with lovely, 
gracious manners. She was Miss Sabina Townsend before her marriage, 
daughter of the late Reese Townsend, and one of the most popular young 
ladies in town. The Townsend family was one of the best in Pittsburg. 
Her mother was a sister of the late George Jackson. 

Mrs. Rankin, wife of Dr. D. N. Rankin, of Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, 
is descended from one of the oldest families in Pittsburg. Miss Kate Irwin 
was her name previous to her early marriage, her father being the late Henry 
Irwin, and her great-grandfather Major John Irwin, of the Revolutionary 
army. Mrs. Howard Childs and Miss Edith Rankin are daughters, the 
latter being one of the prettiest of the coming society belles. 

When Miss Mary Rea, of Hilaud Avenue, several years ago passed away, 
one of the loveliest ornaments was removed from the social circle in which 
she moved. 

Mrs. William Rea, a handsome, stately woman, was Miss Matilda 
Robinson. She is a member of the fine old Holdship family through her 
mother, who was a Miss Holdship. 

The two hobbies of Miss Jennie Reed, of the East End, are horses and 
painting. She is proficient in managing the most fiery steeds, and equally 
so iu transferring to canvas correct impressions of the scenes and objects 
that take her fancy. 

Mrs. Reed, of Allegheny, nee Fahnestock, widow of Dr. Joseph Reed, 
of Dixmont, is a woman of wonderful grace of manner. Her daughters, all 
leading society women, are Mrs. Dr. Hengst, of Oakland ; Mrs. Dr. Hutch- 
inson, of Dixmont, and Miss Fannie Reed. 

A decided talent for acting has been the means by which Miss Nellie 
Reed, of Allegheny, has been able to confer great pleasure on her friends. 
In her the Tuesday Night Club has an almost invaluable member. 

From up the Hudson Mr. Charles Rees brought home his wife. Mrs. 
Rees, nee Russell, is tall, fair and remarkably stylish, and an heiress in her 
own right. She makes frequent visits home. They live in a pretty house on 
Center Avenue. They are worth fully $100,000. 



Rafferty. 



Reed. 

Hengst. 

Hutchinson. 



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RICKETSON. 



RlCKETSON. 



RlNGWALT. 



Roberts. 

Oakes. 



Mrs. Lide Reiter, of Edgewood, gay, vivacious, charming, has perhaps 
more friends than any two other women in her set. A few years back she 
was one of the handsomest girls in Pittsburg. She is a daughter of the late 
Dr. Reiter, of Penn Avenue. 

Mrs. William A. Renshaw, of Aiken Avenue, who was a stranger in the 
city when she came here a bride, a few short years ago, through her pleas- 
ant address and willingness to meet friends half way has now a large circle 
of friends. Her husband is a son of John A. Renshaw. 

The Misses Renshaw, of Ellsworth Avenue, daughters of John A. Ren- 
shaw, are bright, capable girls, who shine equally in society and at home. 

Miss Reppert was a niece of the late Jacob Painter, for whom she kept 
house for years. Miss Reppert at present makes her home in Marietta, 
Ohio. 

Mrs. Carl Retter, the wife of the musician, is a daughter of Aaron 
French. She is a charmingly pretty woman and rather domestic in her 
tastes. 

Mrs. Jacob Reymer, of Federal Street, Allegheny, wife of one of the 
Reymer Brothers, is an unassuming, good woman, who infinitely prefers 
the pleasures of home to any society can offer. 

Mrs. John H. Ricketson, of Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, is a daughter of 
Abraham Garrison. Miss Ricketson, a young lady daughter, is an admired 
society girl. 

Mrs. W. L. Ricketson is an Eastern lady, being a native of New Eng- 
land. She is bright and entertaining and dresses handsomely. 

Pretty and vivacious Mrs. Harry Ringwalt, nee Mame Peebles, of the 
East End, is naturally popular. 

Mrs. Charles Robb, of North Avenue, Allegheny, a sweet-faced woman, 
is a scientific whist player. She is very popular in society. 

Miss Hannah Roberts, of the East End, is a sister of Mrs. B. F. Wilson 
and of the late Captain Roberts, of Louisville. Miss Roberts is quite 
wealthy. 

The stylish blonde wife of Col. Thomas P. Roberts, of Allegheny, was a 
daughter of Squire Christy. Col. Roberts was a grandson of Chief Justice 
Gibson, of Carlisle, and his mother was a beauty of her day. Miss Roberts, 
their young daughter, is very pretty and remarkably bright. 

Mrs. Roberts, nee de Beelen, literary and a linguist, is admirable in 
translation. Her sister, Mrs. General Oakes, is quite an artist. 

Among the pretty young women of the East End is Mrs. A. R. Robinson. 
With a fine form and bright, sweet face, a lovely voice and genial manners, 
she played grand havoc with manly hearts only a few short years ago. And 



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RODGERS. 



Rogers. 



Carroll. 



if Mrs. Primrose's definition, that "Handsome is as handsome does," holds 
good, Mrs. Robinson is one of the handsomest women in the State. 

Mrs. C. P. Rodgers, nee Chambers, married a brother of her sister's 
husband, Mr. John Rodgers. Mrs. Rodgers' husband died some years ago. 
vShe has an interesting face, and bright, attractive manner, dresses exquisitely, 
and is extremely fond of social pleasures. Like her sister, she inherited 
$100,000, made in glass. 

Mrs. John Rodgers, nee Chambers, is a pretty woman, young and I I 
naturally fond of society. Her father, who was a prominent glass manu- 
facturer, left her the neat little sum of $100,000. Mrs. Rodgers' husband is 
a lieutenant in the navy, so she is much away from home. 

Dr. Julian Rogers' widow was a Miss Darragh. She is distinctly fash- 
ionable, and with her daughter, Miss Frances, goes out and entertains fre- 
quently. Of late Mrs. Rogers has been in mourning for her husband, and 
society has seen but little of her. 

The widow of A. W. Rook, one of the proprietors of the Dispatch, was a rook. 
Miss Beck, and was considered one of the prettiest girls of Minersville a ' 
quarter of a century ago. She dresses with exquisite taste. She is noted 
for being as liberal in her charities as she is unostentatious in their bestow- 
ment. Her daughter, Mrs. Charles Carroll, lives with her. Mrs. Carroll is 
large and fine looking and goes a great deal into society. Mrs. Rook is 
worth a quarter of a million. 

Mrs. Charles Rook, a pretty, attractive girl, is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. 
Alexander Rook, of the East End. 

Mrs. M. Rosenbaum, of Locust Street, Allegheny, is tall and stately, 
graceful and refined, characteristics that place her among the leading women 
of Jewish society. 

Miss Jennie Ross, a niece of Mrs. William Thaw, makes her home 
with her aunt. Miss Ross traveled abroad last summer with Mrs. W. R. 
Thompson. 

Mrs. Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia, nee Simpson, of this city, was a Rush. 
handsome woman, a belle, but more admired for her attractive manners. 
She died abroad. Her daughters live in Philadelphia, but possess a large 
estate in this city. 

Miss S. J. Sampson owns a whole square of beautiful property in Alle- 
gheny on the river bank, near Franklin Street, where she lives in solitary 
state. An immense stone wall from eight to ten feet high surrounds the 
lady's domains, shutting out the gaze of the curious. Miss Sampson is a large, 
middle-aged lady, pleasant in manner and fond of sociable visiting among 
her neighbors. 

The Misses Sawyer, of North Avenue, Allegheny, being in mourning, 



Rook. 



Rosenbaum. 



Ross. 



Sampson. 



Sawyer. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



SCAIFE. 



SCHOOXMAKER. 



SCHOOXMAKER. 



SCHOOXMAKER. 



Schwartz. 
Black. 



Schwartz. 



Schwartz. 



Scott. 



are not going out this winter. They are cousins of the Grays. Mrs. Sawyer, 
the mother, was a Hanua. 

Mrs. Charles Scaife, as Priscilla Verner, was a very beautiful girl. Mrs. 
vSeaife is fond of society and has a large visiting list. 

Mrs. William E. Scaife and the Misses Scaife are well known in fashion- 
able society in Allegheny. The father of Mr. Scaife came to Pittsburg in 
1802, and immediately engaged in the tin and sheet iron business. 

Among comparatively recent acquisitions to the home circles of Jewish 
society is Mrs. Herman Schloss, of Tocust Street, Allegheny, formerly Miss 
Sadie Feldenheimer, of Tarboro, N. C. She is of the strictly blonde type of 
beauty and would attract attention among any gathering of beautiful women. 

The late Mrs. Schooumaker, nee Alice Brown, was as lovely in character 
and disposition as she was charming in appearance. Ver)^ tall, slender and 
graceful, she dressed with exquisite taste, the colors she wore harmonizing 
to perfection with her blue eyes, rippling golden hair and faintly tinted com- 
plexion. 

Mrs. Lothrop Stockton Schoonmaker is a daughter of J. D. Layng, for- 
merly the General Manager of the Fort Wayne Railroad in this city, but now 
of New York. Mrs. Schoonmaker's husband, a brother of Col. Schoonmaker, 
is a member of an old and influential Pittsburg family. 

Mrs. Mary Schoonmaker, about fifty years ago, was one of the leading 
society women in the city. The social position of the Schoonmakers and 
of her own family — she was a daughter of Rev. Joseph Stockton — was un- 
questioned, and her acquaintance was the cream of the rather limited circle 
that comprised Allegheny society. 

Mrs. Schwartz lives in the old Schwartz mansion on North Avenue, 
with her daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Black and Miss Evelyn Schwartz. These 
ladies entertain in a quiet, elegant way, and the daughters, at least, go out a 
great deal. 

Mrs. Henry Schwartz, of Bidwell Street, Allegheny, and her daughters, 
Marie, Annie, Kate, Emma and Evelyn, are all prominent workers in the 
North Presbyterian Church. They belong to one of the old families. 

Mrs. J. Ernest Schwartz, of Brushton, is the fortunate mistress of one of 
the handsomest residences in the city. Mrs. Schwartz is young and has a 
large circle of acquaintances. 

Mrs. James B. Scott, daughter of the late Dr. Jacobus, is a nice-looking 
little lady, domestic, a charming wife and mother, and warm friend. In 
her dress she is unostentatious, generally wearing black. Mr. Scott is the 
senior member of the firm of James B. Scott & Co. Miss Sarah Scott, a 
daughter, is one of the debutantes of the season. She is stylish, cultured 
and highly educated. 



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Severance. 
Pierce. 



Mrs. Robert Scott, nee Bessie Dickson, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas D. Dickson, of Dawrenceville. She is pretty and refined. Mrs. 
Scott is a sister of Mrs. Robert Downing, of Philadelphia, whose husband is 
Controller of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 

Mrs. John D. Scully is a representative of an old Pittsburg family. Her 
father was Dr. McDowell, a prominent figure in the city a half a century ago. 
Miss Marion Scully, one of the daughters of the house, is to marry shortly 
Charles Manning, of Baltimore, and Miss Emma's engagement to Dandridge 
Robinson, of this city, was also recently announced. 

Mrs. Jack Scully is so engaged by the cares of her little family that j Scully 
society sees but little of her. Mrs. Scully, as Mary McKibben, of Allegheny, ; 
was very popular. 

Mrs. Prank Sellers, nee Benney, is an aunt of Mrs. Walter McCord. The Seller 
Misses Sellers, Annie and Minnie, are pretty girls. The Misses Hartranft, 
daughters of the ex-Governor, frequently visit at their home. 

Mrs. J. Sesil, nee Miss Clem Wolf, married in this city a year or two ago, | sesil. 
now living in Macon, Ga. , is of the brunette type, possessing a fine figure, a 
sweet face and a pleasing manner. 

Majestic, queenly in her movements, Mrs. Samuel Severance, nee 
Miller, of Allegheny, of a brilliant brunette type, still retains much of the 
beauty which in the morning of her life charmed all beholders. Mrs. V. 
Mott Pierce, one of the daughters of the house, who was married last June, 
was a striking-looking girl, and her younger sister, Lide Severance, who is 
one of the season's " buds," resembles her strongly. 

Mrs. James Sewell seldom goes out, only small, sociable affairs having 
power to attract her. Mrs. Sewell is the mother of Wynn Reeves Sewell. 

Mrs. Wynn Reeves Sewell, nee Mattie Watson, is one of the few young 
women — excepting perhaps those who are "old men's darlings " — who has 
-plenty of money. Her maternal grandfather was Mr. McCully of glass fame, 
and from him she derived her fortune which, at a low estimate, would reach 
$100,000. Her house is elegant and tasteful, her dressing charming, her 
jewels handsome, and she gives some of the most perfect entertainments given 
in Allegheny. She is a demi-blonde, short, well developed and graceful. 

Mrs. Bide C. Shaw, of the East End, was a Miss Bryce. Mrs. Shaw, 
who is a lovely girl, is a bride of the year, her marriage having taken place 
only a few months ago. 

Blessed with a stylish, jaunty figure, superb dark eyes, regular features 
and a clear complexion, and being bright and entertaining, Mrs. John Shaw, 
when she was Miss Miller, of Bellevue, dangled from her belt innumerable 
trophies, each one of which represented the heart of some sighing swain. 

Mrs. George Shiras, Jr. , nee Kennedy, of Stockton Avenue, Allegheny, | Shiras 



Sewell. 



Shaw. 



Shaw. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Singer. 



Sloan. 



Snowden. 

Ogden. 

Robb. 

Allison. 

Kerr. 

Denniston. 

Foster. 

Harrison. 

McKay. 



\ lives in one of the most perfectly appointed homes in the city. Mrs. Shiras 
is tall and elegant looking, dresses magnificently and is the owner of 
many rich jewels. She is fond of going out and entertains a good deal in 
beautiful style, giving many swell dinners. Mr. Shiras is one of the leading 
lawyers of the Allegheny County Bar, and is reputed worth 1350,000. 

Mrs. George Shiras III is from Marquette, Mich. On her entree as a 
bride, a few years ago, into Pittsburg society she was warmly welcomed, 
and she has since only increased the good impression made. 

Mrs. George Singer before her marriage, as Miss Ollie Graham; was a 
favorite everywhere. Marriage has not detracted from her charms; new 
graces have been added every year. Miss Singer is a star in the younger 
set. 

Mrs. G. Harton Singer, nee Lottie Smith, entertains beautifully, her grace 
and refinement going a long way in making the occasions distinctively 
elegant. 

Mrs. John Singer, nee Mary Snyder, lives in the Bast End. Miss Lillie 
Singer is a very decided blonde. Mrs. Singer is highly cultivated, a delight- 
ful conversationalist, is especially attractive when in pure classic language 
she can be prevailed upon to relate the incidents of her tour around the 
world. Her vivid descriptions, fine word-pictures and faultlessness as to 
geographical and historical data quite rival " Pencilings by the Way." Her 
sister, the lamented Mrs. Sproul, was a gifted pianiste. 

Mrs. William H. Singer is one of the leading society women. Bright, 
pretty, brimful of tact, she is by nature fitted for the position. Mrs. Singer's 
maiden name was Harton. 

Mrs. J. S. Sloan, nee Milliken, of Allegheny, dresses well and in good 
taste. She is quite well off and fond of society, though she does not go out 
much. 

Mrs. W. D. Sloan, wife of the oil' operator, has one of the cosiest of 
homes on Fayette Street, Allegheny. Her husband has money and so has 
she, being quite a heavy real estate owner ; together they have plenty to 
allow them to enjoy life. 

Miss Clara Smith, the brightest of Mt. Washington society belles, is 
quite an equestrienne and is very handsome. 

Among the descendants of John M. Snowden, Associate Judge in Pitts- 
burg nearly fifty years ago, were his daughters: Mrs. Ogden, who recently 
died in Brooklyn; the late Mrs. Robb, whose daughters, Elizabeth and Mary 
Robb, live in Allegheny ; Mrs. Dr. James Allison, of Sewickley, and Mrs. Kerr, 
of New York, mother of Rev. Joseph Kerr, of that city. F. L. Snowden' s 
children, who hold an important place in the social life of the East End and 
Allegheny, are the grandchildren of the distinguished jurist. They include 



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163 



Spalding. 
Wade. 



Mrs. George Denniston, of the East End, whose interesting daughter, Miss 
Bessie, is one of the social "buds" of the winter; Mrs. Morrison Foster, 
Mrs. Charles Harrison and Mrs. Walter McKay, whose husband is the son 
of a British officer. On their mother's side the Snowden girls also come of 
a fine family, Mrs. Olver, the founder of the Edgeworth Seminary, being 
their grandmother. 

Among the beauties of a quarter of a century ago in Pittsburg were 
the fast friends, Miss Frank Fetterman and Miss Lois Wade, who held high 
court to lovers on Penn Avenue, below Fourth Street. Miss Fetterman was 
a bright, sparkling brunette, and Miss Wade a fair and lovely blonde. The 
latter has never married, but has graduated into the role of a maiden aunt, 
and is as cheerful, helpful, sweet and saintly as any of that charming class 
can be. Miss Fetterman was married twice — first a Col. Spalding, of West 
Virginia, and then a Mr. Laughlin, of Philadelphia, from whom it is 
stated she was afterwards divorced. She died in Europe some years ago, 
leaving a daughter, Miss Ethel Spalding, who is said to be like her mother, 
a beauty and a belle. 

Mrs. Norman Spang belongs to the Bissell family. She was Miss Mary, ! Spang. 
daughter of William Bissell. In society her place is a notable one. 

Mrs. Charles Speer, of Oakland, inherited a handsome fortune. Mr. 
Speer is also well off. Mrs. Speer was a Miss Dawson and is of fine family, 
the Hon. Mr. Dawson, her father, having been a very distinguished man. 
She is intellectual and a beautiful character, kind, generous, benevolent. In 
her youth, she was considered quite a beauty. Mrs. Charles A. Painter, nee 
Ettie Speer, a daughter, has inherited her mother's good looks and is con- 
sidered to be one of the prettiest of the young married women in the city. 
Miss Mary Speer is a sweet-looking girl, with intellectual tastes, a brilliant 
talker and highly cultured. Miss Louise Speer, a debutante of the year, is 
also inclined to books. Mr. Speer is a relative of Mrs. Harriet Lane John- 
ston, President Buchanan's world-famous niece. Mrs. Johnston visited at 
the Speer residence last summer, spending some weeks with her cousins. 

Mrs. John C. Speer, a sweet, intelligent woman, was a Miss McKnight, 
daughter of Joseph McKnight. Miss Margaret, her daughter, is one of the 
galaxy of charming girls who as debutantes are making the winter gay. 

Mrs. Speer, of Hulton, who was a daughter of old Gen. Robinson, has 
been twice married. Mrs. George C. Burgwin and William Robinson Blair 
are her children. 

Mrs. Speer, wife of Dr. Speer and a daughter of John Bissell, represents 
two old families, her bearing and accomplishments giving weight to the 
un-American idea that after all there is something in blood. 

Mrs. Strauss, nee Miss Emma Guckenheimer, was among the most 



Speer. 
Painter. 



Speer. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Stockdale. 
Webb. 
Knowles. 
Ewing. 

Sutton. 



SUYDAM. 

Lyon. 



SWEARINGEISr. 



SWEITZER. 

Park. 
Duncan. 



Thaw. 



popular and prettiest girls in her circle. She has since her marriage been 
a resident of New York City, occasionally visiting among her friends 
here. 

Miss Carrie Sterritt, daughter of Dr. Sterritt, is a niece of Judge Sterritt. 
She is one of the fiancees of the season, her engagement to Mr. Robert 
Bailey having been made public some mouths since. 

Misses Margaret and Neil Stewart, of Allegheny, are invited everywhere. 
They go out a great deal, but are also conspicuous in benevolent affairs, 
giving the bulk of their time to such work. 

The widow of Captain Stockdale has lived in retirement since her hus- 
band's death. Mrs. Webb, a rosy-cheeked brunette, is one of Mrs. Stock- 
dale's daughters, Mrs. John Ewing and Mrs. Knowles, of Bast Liverpool, 
Ohio, being the other married daughters. 

Byes of the deepest blue, fair hair and a skin whose pearly whiteness 
was almost phenomenal, were noticeable points in the beauty of Mrs. Dr. 
Sutton, when, as Miss McCullough, she was an admired belle of the time. 
She was a striking-looking woman with an " exquisitely turned jaw," a per- 
fect neck and an artistic head. 

Mrs. M. B. Suydam was a Miss Copelaud. Her husband's family is a 
distinguished one in Philadelphia. Miss Emma Suydam, the daughter at 
home, and Mrs. Suydam are both very fond of society and their names are 
noted in all fashionable gatherings. Mrs. Alex. Lyon, of Sewickley, a 
pretty young matron, is another daughter. 

The wife of Major T. B. Swearingen is one of the well known Ihmsen 
family, who made fortunes in glass. Her name was Nellie Ihmsen. Mrs. 
Swearingen lives handsomely on Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, and goes into 
society as frequently as her home duties will permit. 

General Sweitzer's widow was a daughter of Dr. Stevenson, and is a sister 
of Mrs. James O'Hara Denny. As a girl she was tall, prettily rounded and 
graceful. Blue eyes, soft brown hair, a bright, winsome face, a pretty, whole- 
some girl as one would wish to see. By birth and marriage she belongs to 
exceedingly aristocratic families. She lives in a delightful home on Beach 
Street, Allegheny, is charitably disposed, lovely and attractive. Mrs. Will 
Park and Mrs. Peter Duncan are both her daughters. 

Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, a sister of Mrs. Thompson McClintock, was a Miss 
Dows, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Mrs. Blair Thaw, a Miss Dawes, is from Boston, where she was married 
a few years ago. 

Mrs. William Thaw, Jr., nee Lizzie Dohrman, lives in a pleasant house 
on Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny, has a nice turnout, dresses well and appar- 



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165 



Thompson. 



ently has all the spending money she wants. Mrs. Thaw goes moderately into 
society, but is rather domestic. Mr. Thaw is considered quite wealthy. 

Mrs. O. D. Thompson, who was a Miss Wilkes, came from Boston, 
Mass., to join the ranks of Pittsburg matrons. She is young and sweet 
looking, a petite brunette, and does a good deal of entertaining. 

Mrs. W. R. Thompson, a daughter of William Thaw, keeps house on I Thompson. 
Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny. Everything about the house displays taste and j 
wealth. Mrs. Thompson is a refined, accomplished young woman, a talented | 
amateur actress, is fond of societ)^, dresses well and gives occasional splendid 
entertainments. Mr. Thompson is a member of the banking firm of Semple 
& Thompson. Mrs. Thompson has great executive ability, is the President 
of the Woman's Exchange, and conducts the meetings of the ladies with 
signal success, all the business being as methodically arranged and carried 
out as though a committee of business men were at the helm. 

The Misses Alice, Bessie and Georgie Thurston, George H. Thurston's \ Thurston. 
daughters, are lovely girls and have developed a wonderful talent for high j 
cookery. They are highly educated and accomplished, and unusually well 
informed. 

Miss Elizabeth Tindle, Dr. Tindle's daughter, was a debutante of one or 
two seasons back. Miss Tindle's mother was a Miss Wood. 

Mrs. Robert Totten, of Bidwell Street, Allegheny, comes of a fine old 
French family — the Melliers. Her oldest daughter is Mrs. James I. Kay, 
a very pretty young woman, who lives only next door to her parents. 
Miss Addie Totten is a talented amateur artist, and Miss Louise a fine 
instrumental musician. Miss Carrie, another daughter, is one of the many 
betrothed girls of society, her fiancee being a Baltimore gentleman. 

Mrs. Hettie Updike was a daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Stockton 
and a sister of Mrs. Mary Schoonmaker. Miss Mary Updike and Mrs. 
Frank McClintock are her daughters. 

Mrs. Ben Vandergrift, daughter of J. J. Vandergrift, was a Miss Parry, 
of the East End, a niece of Mrs. John Dilworth. 

Mrs. Van Kirk, William Van Kirk's widow, who was a Dravo, lives in 
handsome style in Oakland. Miss Annie Van Kirk, her daughter, pretty 
and vivacious, was a ' ' bud ' ' of two seasons ago. 

Mrs. Alexander V. Verner, nee Collingwood, of Ellsworth Avenue, is one 
of the indefatigable Church workers. Miss Rhea Verner, her daughter, 
attends to most of the social duties of the family. 

The Misses Mary, Bertha and Lillie Von Bonnhorst are all capable and 
accomplished. Their mother was a Murphy, of Fleecedale. 

Mrs. John Walker, nee Susan Cooper, of Allegheny, is magnificently 
proportioned and has a very sweet face. Her family, the Coopers, was 



Tindle. 



Totten. 
Kay. 



Vandergrift. 



Von 
Bonnhorst. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Wallingford 



Walton. 
Cook. 



Walton. 
Ward. 



Waring. 
Washington. 



Watson. 



prominent and wealthy. Mrs. Walker lias been twice married. Her first 
husband was the late William Hamilton, the jeweler. 

Mrs. William T. Wallace, of Center Avenue, comes of a well known 
family of the not uncommon name of Jones. 

The mantle of her distinguished father, the late Neville B. Craig, was 
truly wrapped about the late Mrs. Eliza Wallingford, a woman of rare 
culture, strong intellect and general knowledge. 

Mrs. Walter, widow of Dr. A. G. Walter, is a highly gifted woman. 
Before her marriage she was Miss Anne Butler, daughter of Major Butler, of 
the Arsenal. Her mother was a Gazzam, sister of the late Dr. Gazzam, for 
a long time a leading physician of this city. 

Although a society girl, Miss Ida Walton, daughter of Joseph Walton, 
the millionaire coal king, early left in charge of her father's magnificent 
home, has proved herself something more — a capable housekeeper and fine 
manager. Miss Walton's wedding to James O'Hara Scully will be one of the 
handsomest events of the season. Her sister, Mrs. Thomas McK. Cook, is 
one of the charming hostesses of Allegheny and gives exquisite little dinners. 
Nellie Walton, the youngest of the sisters, is a debutante of the season, and 
as pretty and popular as any of the new aspirants to social favor. 

Mrs. John Walton, a Miss Farley, of Allegheny, is a brunette in style. 
Mrs. Walton's husband is a son of Joseph Walton, the coal millionaire. 

Miss Ward, of Ellsworth Avenue, besides being a highly cultivated 
woman, paints beautifully on china and has the gift of poesy. 

Miss Waring, one of the younger set, is a pretty blonde. 

Mrs. Major J. B. Washington, of Allegheny Avenue, Allegheny, was a 
Baltimore beauty. In that city, as Miss Danier, she was a reigning belle. 
The Washingtons are relatives of the great General, the Father of his 
Country. 

Miss Jennie Watson, of Washington Street, Allegheny, belongs in the 
ranks of literary women, who read and study con amore. She is a very at- 
tractive society girl and a sister of D. T. Watson, the eminent lawyer. 

Mrs. M. W. Watson was the daughter of James Marshall. The Misses 
Watson, Mary and Harriet, the latter a debutante, are blondes, bright and 
dashing, who are greatly sought in fashionable circles. Mrs. W. R. Sewell 
is their sister. 

Mrs. Charlie Watt, of Ivy Street, is an enthusiastic j^oung housekeeper, 
fond of society and of entertaining friends. 

Mrs. Harry Watts, nee Mary Ferguson, daughter of J. Scott Ferguson, is 
very prett)' and dresses handsomely. She is well educated and quite literary 
in her tastes. Mrs. Watts is one of this year's brides. 



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167 



Wharton. 

Chaplin. 



White. 
Hartley. 



Mrs. Will Weyman was a Miss Lothrop. Miss Weyman, her daughter, | Weyman. 
is one of the prettiest girls in her set. 

The widow of Clifton Wharton was a Miss Ormsby. Mrs. Pressley 
Chaplin, a tall, stately blonde, is Mrs. Wharton's daughter. Her daughter- 
in-law, Mrs. Wharton, a pretty young woman, was a Miss Page, of Allegheny. 

Mrs. C. I. Wheeler's husband is one of the rich men of the city, $100,000 
being about his figure. They live on Lincoln Avenue, Allegheny. 

Miss Agnes White, daughter of the late Geo. R. White, was a decade or 
more ago one of the sweetest looking girls in the city. Her exquisite golden 
auburn hair surrounded as a halo her fine-cut, aristocratic face. Miss Belle 
White, another daughter, who afterwards became the wife of the Rev. 
Hartley, was a reigning beauty. Hers was a Madonna face, clear-cut and 
beautiful in expression. 

Mrs. Whitney, W. H. Whitney's widow, is simply charming. Snowy 
hair curls prettily on her brow, and her bright eyes twinkle with mirth and 
fun as she talks. She comes of a fine family and knows Pittsburg and 
Pittsburgers as well as anybody in town. George I. Whitney is her son. 
Mrs. Whitney's maiden name was Irwin. Her family came to Pittsburg 
in 181 1. Her husband might, with propriety, be termed the father of litera- 
ture in this city. He came here in 1837, at the age of seventeen years, and 
entered at once into literary pursuits. Among various papers and magazines 
that owe their origin to him is the Chronicle, which was the first penny 
newspaper published this side of the mountains. Mr. Whitney's was a very 
distinguished family of Puritan stock, an ancester on his mother's side 
having come over on one of the first ships that landed on the New England 
coast. 

Miss Ruby Wickersham, of Superior, is a representative of an old Pitts- 
burg family. Miss Wickersham has a sweet face, is slender and graceful 
and pretty, and has refined manners. 

In Mrs. M. D. Wiley, of Montgomery Avenue, Allegheny, few people 
recognize the former widow of one of our city's most famous men, Stephen 
C. Foster, whose simple, tender melodies touch the heart as no grander 
music can. Mrs. Wiley is a sweet-faced, dimpled little lady, whose soft 
white hair has been frosted by the half century and more that has passed 
over her head. She has one daughter, the musician's child, who is married 
and living in the West. 

Mrs. H. Brady Wilkins, nee Sophia Du Barry Denny, was a daughter of Wilkins. 
Dr. William H. Denny, her children being thus descendants of two of the 
finest old families in the State. 

Mrs. S. M. Willock, of Allegheny, who was a Miss Hays, does not enter , willock. 
actively into social life, allowing her children to represent the family. 



Wickersham. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Wilson. 

Pritchcti. 



WlTHEROW. 



Wood. 
Carrier, 



Wood. 

Dilworth. 
Smith. 



Mrs. Wilson, a widow, and her daughters, Misses Annie and Sallie 
Wilson, of Hazelwood, are all wealthy women. Miss Annie is very delicate, 
on account of her health being obliged to spend every winter in Denver. 
Miss Sallie is fond of society and goes out a great deal. 

Mrs. B. F. Wilson, of Frankstown Avenue, Captain Wilson's second 
wife, w 7 as a Miss Roberts. She is a very pretty woman and the soul of hos- 
pitality. Misses Martha and Fannie Wilson are both devoted to Church 
and charitable work, but manage to find time to do their share towards 
making their home a charming place to visit. Mrs. Thos. A. Pritchett, of 
Philadelphia, is Captain Wilson's eldest daughter. 

Mrs. Columbus Wilson, who lives in a cosy home on Mt. Washington, 
is a daughter of James P. Hanna. 

Mrs. Wilson, of Sheffield Street, Allegheny, widow of W. W. Wilson, 
was a Lowrie, a connection of Dr. Lowrie, of the Board of Foreign Missions 
in New York. Mrs. Wilson daughters, Misses Mame and Carrie, are both 
highly cultured, intellectual girls. Miss Mame enjoys the reputation of 
being one of the most competent teachers in Datin in this vicinity, and has 
besides a wide general knowledge. She is now teaching in a seminary in 
Oxford, Ohio. Miss Carrie is one of the mainstays of the Heart and Hand 
Mission. 

The wife of Dr. ■ Winslow, a bright, cheery little woman, goes out a 
good deal and visits among friends. 

Mrs. William Witherow, nee Douglas, a brunette with black hair and 
eyes, rosy cheeks, regular features and a small, plump, well-made figure, 
was, when she was married several years since, a lovely woman. 

Mrs. Wolfe, the widow of Dr. Wolfe, does not go much into society, but 
would be gladly welcomed in the most exclusive circles. She is quite well 
off, her fortune easily reaching $100,000. 

Mrs. Alan Wood is one of the most charming of society women. 
Entertaining seems to be her forte. Mrs. Wood was Miss Bertie Carrier, of 
the well-known Fast End family. Miss Carrier, of the East End, a popular 
society girl, is a step-sister of Mrs. Alan Wood. Mrs. Carrier, her mother, is 
devoted to charitable work. 

Mr. Dewees Woods' two pretty daughters, Annie (now Mrs. Joseph R. 
Dilworth) and Nellie, when they made their debut a few years since, took 
the town by storm. Miss Annie was dark, with olive skin and dusky hair, 
and Miss Nellie a demi-blonde, petite and fair. The two afforded the prettiest 
sort of contrast, and were decidedly the belles of the year. Miss Nellie 
Wood's engagement was announced in September. Mr. Norman Ellison, of 
Philadelphia, is the envied man who has won the affections of the young 



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169 



Pittsburg beauty. Mrs. Percival Smith is an older sister, who, owing to her 
social accomplishments and attractions, is a leader in society. 

Mrs. Richard Wood, of Ridge Avenue, Allegheny, young and attractive, Wood. 
is a daughter-in-law of W. Dewees Wood, of Oakland. 

Mrs. Thomas D. Wood was a Miss Craig, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Wood, Wood. 
who is quite pretty, is a niece of Mrs. Maxwell Moorhead. 

Mrs. Charles Zug, wife of the wealthy iron manufacturer, lives charm- Zug. 
ingly in Oakland. Miss Leila Zug, the daughter of the house, is tall and 
well-rounded and very stylish. 



SOCIETY IN THE SUBURBS 



SOCIETY IN THE SUBURBS 



Hail social life ! Into thy pleasing bounds 

Again I come to pay the common stock, 

My share of service, and in glad return, 

To taste thy comforts, thy protected joys.— Tho mson. 



N Pittsburg's pretty suburbs social pleasures are pursued quite as 

enthusiastically as in the city proper. Even though the iron rules of 

etiquette may not be so strictly observed, or the lines so sharply drawn, 

the character of the entertainments, noticeably in the beautiful Sewick- 

ley Valley, is altogether as elegant and elaborate as the mother town can 

boast. For after all, they are all Pittsburgers. While their homes are in 

rustic frames of sloping lawns and romantic, shaded grounds, the village 

life lending a rural picturesqueness to the scene, the husbands and fathers 

and lovers seek their desks, in the city's busy marts of trade, as regularly 

as do those others whose nights and days are spent within its limits. So 

closely connected indeed are the county and the town, that to attempt to 

depict the social life of one without the other would only half tell the story 

•of the progress made since the century was young. 

Mrs. B. F. Arnsberg, of Hoboken, was Miss Caroline McCullough, of 
the Fast End, a daughter of J. C. McCullough. 

Mrs. Jerry Beattie, of Homestead, is an unassuming lady of exceptional 
personal beauty, and is considered very like the pictures of Mrs. Grover 
Cleveland. 

Mrs. Beacom, nee Miss Maggie Happer, wife of Rev. J. J. Beacom, D.D., 
of the Forest Grove Church, Robinson Township, is particularly fitted to be 
a preacher's wife, combining social tastes with intellectual attainments. 

Mrs. J. Charles Bedell, of Mansfield, who was a Miss Kennedy, is 
domestic in her tastes. The Misses Bedell, her daughters— Winifred, Dollie 
and Violet— are all attractive girls, Miss Violet being the belle of the little 
town. 

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Arnsberg. 



174 



THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Cook. 
Culbertson. 



Dick. 



Foster. 

Robb. 

Bell. 



Heisey. 



Joy. 



Kearney. 

Stone. 



Mrs. Mansfield B. Brown, Sr., a large, fine-looking woman, is wealthy 
and has a nice home. Mrs. James Brown, who was a Miss Schoonmaker, 
a sister of Colonel James M. Schoonmaker, one of Mrs. Mansfield Brown's 
daughters-in-law, is very musical, being a good vocalist and also an instru- 
mental performer. Mrs. Mansfield Brown, Jr., nee Margaret Taylor, a pretty 
young woman and fond of society, and Mrs. Robert Brown, nee Kirkwood, 
who is devoted to her home, are the wives of Mrs. Brown's other sons. The 
Browns all live at Mansfield, the town having been named for their family. 

Mrs. Cook, of Mansfield, mother of Thomas Cook and George Cook, 
formerly cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, is quite a wealthy woman. 
Mrs. Samuel D. Culbertson, a good-looking ladj-, musical and artistic, is 
Mrs. Cook's daughter. 

Miss Lizzie Dick, of West Newton, will in the course of three or four 
3 T ears be, without a doubt, the reigning belle in society in that vicinity. 
She is now' scarcely sixteen years, and each day seems to add to her 
beauty. She has brown hair, blue eyes, fine features and a full, round face, 
whose cheeks are tinted with crimson, making a charming contrast with 
her ivory-white complexion. Miss Dick is very modest and about medium 
height. By the death of her father, James A. Dick, the banker, she will 
receive a cool $50,000 as her share of the estate. 

Mrs. David Foster, of Mansfield, nee Ross, comes of a family the mem- 
bers of which were among the first settlers of this end of the State. Her 
grandfather, whose first home in this part of the country was a sycamore 
tree on Chartier's Creek, was closely identified with the history of Allegheny 
County. Mrs. Foster is wealthy. Mrs. John S. Robb, Jr., her daughter, is 
very pretty and refined, quite a musician. Mrs. John A. Bell, another 
daughter, is also musical, as is Mrs. Case Foster, who was a Miss Paulson, 
of the Pittsburg family of that name. 

Mrs. A. G. Heisey, of Mansfield, was a Miss Duncan, daughter of the 
late George Duncan, the iron manufacturer of Birmingham. Mrs. Heisey 
is intellectual. She dresses beautifully and travels almost all the time. 

Mrs. George Hosack, of Mansfield, nee Cubbage, is quite a talented 
woman. She is equall)' at home in art and music. 

Mrs. A. K. Joy, nee Luella McKown, a graduate of the Pittsburg 
Female College, is a highly intellectual woman. Mrs. Joy is very prettv, 
brunette in type, tall and of dignified manner. 

Mrs. Dr. Kearney lives stylishly in McKeesport, and dresses with much 
elegance. Her husband is wealth}', and she too is rich in her. own right. 
Miss Lizzie Stone, Mrs. Kearney's sister, who lives with her, has also a 
comfortable fortune. 



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Mrs. Kuhn, of McKeesport, Dr. Kuhn's widow, was a daughter of the 
late Dr. Speer, one of Pittsburg's leading physicians of many years ago. 
Her daughters, among whom she divides her time, are Mrs. Mclntyre, 
Mrs. John Speer and Mrs. E. L. Dunbar. The latter lives in Pittsburg. 

Mrs. Belinda Lea, of Mansfield, who was a Miss Doolittle, is very well 
off in this world's goods. Mrs. Lea is a widow. 

Among the matrons of Homestead Mrs. Lou M. Llewyellen adds intel- 
lectual attainments to more than passing comeliness. 

The Misses Lynch, of Mansfield, daughters of Rev. William Lynch, are 
all talented young ladies. Miss Carrie is highly intellectual ; Miss Annie 
is an artist, a fine cook and does exquisite fancy-work, and Miss Mollie, a 
soprano, has a delightful voice, which she knows well how to use. 

Mrs. Captain C. C. Markle, ??<?,? Overholt, of West Newton, is acknowledged 
by all to be the most beautiful married lady in town. Mrs. Markle is rather 
above the medium height, has dark brown hair and brown eyes, a round, full J 
face and a beautiful complexion. Her figure is well rounded, and when j 
walking her gait is rather quick and unassuming. She was at the height of 1 
her beauty probably twenty years ago, but is still lovely. 

Miss Sarah McEadden, of Coraopolis, was the founder of the First Pres- 
byterian Church at that place. As a Church worker she is indefatigable. 

Misses Ida and Belle McKown, of Groveton, Robinson Township, are 
pretty, dark-eyed girls, fond of society and highly educated. 

The daughters of Mr. Thomas McMillan, of Idlewood— Louisa, now Mrs. 
Hoops, of Philadelphia, Lydia, Jennie and Leila— are all lively, pleasant 
■ girls and very popular in society. They are of the nice-looking, merry, sen- 
sible sort, siiig and play with spirit, and make the most attractive sort of a 
home for their father and brothers. On their mother's side they are Tottens, 
she having been a Miss Totten, sister of Robert Totten, of Allegheny, and 
daughter of William Totteu, of the old iron firm, Knapp & Totten. Mr. Mc- 
Milfan, their father, is a brother of M. W. McMillan, of Sewickley, and U. S. 
Senator McMillan, of Minnesota. 

Mrs. James O'Neil, of McKeesport, who was a Miss Berry, of near Port 
Perry, was in her youth quite a belle. She Avas tall, dark and handsome, 
and is still very pretty indeed. She dresses elegantly and is always stylish. 
Misses Anna and Cal. O'Neil and Mrs. Jas. Kuhn, all pretty women, are Mrs. 
O'Neil's daughters. The 0'Neils,who are quite wealthy,live in handsome style. 
Mrs. O'Neil, widow of Nick O'Neil, lives in a magnificent house in Eliza- 
beth, prettily placed on the side of a hill. She is the mother of a family, 
lives rather quietly, dresses plainly but richly, is devoted to her Church and 
its interests, and is kind and charitable to a great degree. She is worth sev- 
eral hundred thousands. 



Kuhn. 

Mclntyre. 

Speer. 

Dunbar. 

I/EA. 



Llewvellex. 

I/TNCH. 

Markle. 



McFaddex. 

McKowx. 

McMlLLAX. 

Hoops. 



O'jNTeil. 
Kuhn. 



O'Neil. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Patterson. 



Schroyer. 



Thomas. 
Tibby. 



Van Dyke. 

Taylor. 



Woods. 
Biggert. 

Sutton. 



Miss Sadie Parry-, of Stoop's Ferry, is fond of society and is patriotically 
devoted to Allegheny County. 

Miss Mary Ray Patterson, of Mansfield, is an artist, a School of Design 
girl. She is very pretty and of fine physique. Miss Patterson's father is a 
wealthy coal operator. 

Mrs. Rose Peters, nee Suppold, of West Newton, is of German descent. 
She is a pronounced brunette, having coal black hair and eyes and a com- 
plexion envied by all her acquaintances. 

Mrs. James R. Redman, of Crafton, is the daughter of Charles Stevens, of 
this city. She is tall and stately and very handsome and entertains in ele- 
gant style. Mr. and Mrs. Redman are quite well off, their investments being 
worth several hundred thousand dollars. 

Miss Maggie Schroyer, daughter of James M. Schroyer, of West Newton, 
may well claim the title of being the future belle of the town of the brunette 
type. Miss Schroyer is as straight as an arrow, and has a gait when walking 
that could not be more perfect. She is a brilliant conversationalist, modest 
in the extreme, bright intellectually and refined in taste and manners. 

Mrs. Thomas, of McKeesport, nee Lulu Stuckslager, one of the young 
matrons, is a brunette, quite pretty and fond of society. 

Mrs. William Tibby, of Sharpsburg, has a pleasant house, is fond of 
style and dresses a great deal. Her husband, who is worth a good deal over 
$100,000, in the matter of style is a complete contrast, being notably plain 
in his ways and tastes. 

Mrs. Caroline Carother Van Dyke, nee Taylor, wife of W. S. Van Dyke, 
cashier in M. M. Dick's bank, in West Newton, is the daughter of Mr. 
Robert Taylor, the grain and lumber merchant. Mrs. Van Dyke was raised 
amid all the luxuries and refinement that money could produce. She held 
the position of one of the reigning belles until her marriage to Mr. Van 
Dyke a year or two ago. Mrs. Van Dyke has some very aristocratic relatives 
and entertains at her residence on Vine Street often and with great elegance. 
She is scarcely over twenty years of age. Miss Ida Virginia Taylor, Mrs. 
Van Dyke's sister, modest and fine looking, graduated with high honors and 
is quite gifted conversationally. 

Mrs. Walker, of Mansfield, Dr. Harry Walker's wife, who was a Miss 
Glime, is an artist and has done some excellent work in decorating china. 

Mrs. Woods, of Crafton, wife of the well-known lawyer, is the mother 
of a large family of girls. Mrs. J. C. Biggert and Mrs. John Sutton are the 
married daughters, and Miss Sallie, who is devoted to charitable work, Miss 
Julia, the musical one of the family, Misses Lillie and Mollie, are the 
daughters who have not yet left the home nest. 



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Atwell. 
Finkbine. 



SEWICKL^Y. 

Mrs. "William Adair, who is cosily established in rooms at the Park Place 
Hotel, was before her marriage a Miss Helen Mcintosh, of Elizabeth, N. Y. 
Hers is an old and proud Scotch family, which can trace its lineage back 
many generations. Mrs. Adair has recently developed a decided histrionic 
talent, and is quite an addition to the Sewickley Valley Dramatic Club. 

Mrs. Smith Agnew was a Miss Pickerskill, of Allegheny. She is a ! agnew. 
blonde, slight and attractive looking. 

Mrs. J. F. J. Allison, of Edgeworth, belongs to a Cincinnati family. On ! Allison 
her husband's side they are a part of the large Beaver connection of Allisons, 
who are among the oldest and most aristocratic residents of the town. Mrs. 
Allison is blithe and cheerful in disposition, a firm and constant friend, kind- 
hearted and thoughtful. 

Mrs. J. W. Arrott, of Osborn, a large, fine-looking woman, has a lovely 
home directly above the station. Miss Jennie Arrott, her daughter, is lady- 
like and dignified. Both Mr. and Mrs. Arrott come from the North of 
Ireland. 

Mrs. Charles Atwell comes of an Ohio family. Her husband is the 
President of the Allegheny and Manchester Passenger Railway Company. 
Her daughters, Mrs. William Finkbine and Miss Eliza Atwell, both graduates 
of the Abbott Academy, of Andover, Mass., are highly intellectual girls. 
Mrs. Charles A. Atwell, a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Atwell, was a Miss 
McKown, daughter of James McKown, of Osborn. 

Mrs. Henry Atwood, nee Rebecca Wilson, has a large and very handsome 
place at Leetsdale, just adjoining the old Wilson homestead. She is quite a 
handsome woman, inclined to embonpoint, and has bright dark eyes, a 
winning expression and pretty smile. Mr. Atwood being in delicate health, 
thej* have spent most of the time for the past year or two in traveling. Mrs. 
Atwood has property of her own, and her husband, who belongs to the firm 
of Atwood & McCaffrey, is also rich. 

Miss Minnie Baird, formerly of Washington, Pa., has for a number of 
years kept house for her uncle, Mr. Wilson, of Leetsdale. Miss Baird is 
exceedingly bright, literary and well read. 

Mrs. Dwight Bell, nee McMillen, was a granddaughter of Mr. Morrow- 
son, a mayor of Allegheny a great many years ago. Her husband belongs 
to the large Bell connection of Pittsburg. 

Mrs. Katharine Bittinger, widow of Dr. Joseph Bittinger, of the Presby- 
terian Church, who was one of the most advanced of thinkers and distin- 
guished of divines, was a Miss Forney, of Hanover, Pa. The Forneys are 



Bittinger. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Blakeley. 



Bowers. 



Bowman. 

Starr. 



Burrows. 



Cain. 

Jennings. 
Knox. 



Campbell. 
Stewart. 



Carpenter. 



Chaplin. 



one of the best families in that part of the State. Mrs. Bittinger and her 
daughter, Miss Lucy, are intellectual and highly cultured, Miss Lucy being 
in addition a linguist. 

Mrs. Nannie Blair, widow of Curtis Blair, was a Miss McCullough, a 
sister of Mrs. Grafton. Mrs. Blair and her daughter, Miss Lulu, live hand- 
somely on Beaver Street, and give some very elegant entertainments. 

Mrs. Blakeley, wife of General Archibald Blakeley, of Edgeworth, gentle 
and lovely in bearing, is a devoted member of the Episcopal Church. 

Mrs. John Bowers is a sister of the wife of Dr. Noble, formerly the pas- 
tor of the Third Presbyterian Church. 

Mrs. Bowman, a lovety white-haired woman, is particularly prominent in 
the Methodist Church. Mrs. Bowman's husband was a cousin of Bishop 
Bowman. Mrs. A. B. Starr, wife of the General Superintendent of the 
Fort Wayne Road, nee Mary Bowman, is a daughter of Mrs. Bowman. 
Mrs. Starr is very hospitable and entertains frequently in elegant style. 

Mrs. Judson Brooks was a Miss Faber, of the fine old East End family. 
In her girlhood Mrs. Brooks was considered a beauty. She lives at Edge- 
worth and does a great deal of handsome entertaining. 

Mrs. F. S. Burrows, one of Sewickley's latest acquisitions, belongs to a 
fine Erie family. 

Slight and under the medium height, the widow of Mr. Thomas Cain, 
when she was Miss Emma Knox, was one of the most noted of Sewickley's 
beauties. A demi-brunette, with brown hair and ej'es, and a bright, speak- 
ing countenance, she was a girl any town might be proud to claim. Mrs. 
Dale Jennings, who as Amanda Knox was much admired, and Miss Rebecca 
Knox are sisters of Mrs. Cain. 

The widow of Colonel David Campbell lives in retirement on Beaver 
Street. Misses Virginia, Florence, Clara and Fannie Campbell, all popular 
society girls, and a married daughter, Mrs. Lide Stewart, live with their 
mother. The family, being in deep mourning, are not going out this 
winter. 

Mrs. C. A. Carpenter previous to her present marriage was Mrs. Shaw, of 
Sharpsburg. Miss Bessie Carpenter, the eldest daughter of the house, fin- 
ished school last June and makes her first bow to society this winter. 

Mrs. Mattie Chaplin, widow of Lieut. James C. Chaplin, was a Harris, 
a granddaughter of Mr. Shouse, for whom Shousetown was named. In her 
girlhood Mrs. Chaplin was very pretty, a blonde, slenderly built and grace- 
ful. Misses Jennie and Mary Chaplin, her daughters, are accomplished 
girls, the latter being very fond of society, in which she is exceedingly 
popular. Through their father they are related to the Chaplins, Nevilles 
and Craigs, prominent old Pittsburg families. 



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Mrs. Melchior Chaplin, who occupies handsome apartments at the Bev- Chaplin. 
ington House, is young and pretty and fond of society. Her husband is a Craig. 
member of the influential Chaplin connection of Pittsburg. Her family is 
from Kittanning, where their wealth and social prominence gave them an 
enviable position. Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Chaplin's mother, who lives with 
her daughter and son-in-law, is an unusually handsome old lady. 

Mrs. George H. Christy has a pleasant home situated in the very heart Christy. 
of Sewickley. She is the mother of an interesting family and evidently Marshall. 
takes great pleasure in the company of her sweet young daughters and tall j 
sons. With her husband she does a great deal of traveling. They are said 
to be quite wealthy. Miss Marshall, Mrs. Christy's aunt, makes her home i 
with the Christys. 

Mrs. George Clapp, daughter of F. Marion Love, is one of the daintiest Clapp. 
of housekeepers and frequently gives handsome entertainments. Mrs. : Love - 
Clapp's mother was a daughter of James Wardrop. Miss Libbie Love, Mrs. j 
Clapp 's 3 T ounger sister, is one of the popular girls in the j^ounger society set. I 

Mrs. Mansfield B. Cochran, nee Mollie Hampton, comes of a distinguished Cochran. 
family. Her father, the late Wade Hampton, was a cousin of the famous ; 
War Governor of South Carolina of the same name. 

Mrs. Coffin, of Leetsdale, and her daughter, Miss Flora, since Mr. Coffin's Coffin. 
death, have occupied the elegant homestead alone. Fine stock is a fancy Graff. 
with both of them, and the specimens in their fields would delight a Rosa 
Bonheur. Mrs. Graff, a widowed daughter of Mrs. Coffin's, who also lives 
in Leetsdale, is decidedly literary, the poems which she occasionally in- 
dites being of a high order of merit. Miss Elsie Graff, her daughter, is quite 
artistic and produces some beautiful work. They are relatives of the Graffs 
of the East End. 

Mrs. E. J. Cunningham, of Edgeworth, widow of Captain William Cunningham. 
Cunningham, comes of Scotch-Irish stock, her father having been Scotch 
and her mother of Irish parentage. Mrs. Cunningham's maiden name 
Was Mcintosh, and she was born and grew to womanhood on the South Side. 
Of her four daughters Miss Bessie alone is at home, the other three, Mrs. J. T. 
Neviu, Mrs. John A. Roe and Mrs. H. L. H. Blair, being married; ' Mrs. Blair, 
the youngest, unlike the other girls, is a blonde. At the time of her marriage, 
some six or seven years ago, she was considered one of Sewickley 's prettiest 
girls. Captain Cunningham's is one of the old Pittsburg families. His father's 
farm, which afterwards became Williamsport, just above Brownstown on the 
Monongahela, was so called for him, and the streets of the little town — Jane, 
Sarah, Robert, and so on — were named in honor of other members of the 
family. 



Nevin. 

Roe. 

Blair. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Davis. 

Miller. 



Dickson. 
Johnston. 



Doyle. 
Ritchie. 
Dury. 
Layng. 

Dravo. 
Duncan. 



Fleming. 



Fleming. 
Shannon. 
Hays. 



Mrs. Eliza Davis, widow of Robert H. Davis, comes of an old Pittsburg 
family. She was a daughter of William Cochran, for many years Deputy- 
Warden of the Western Penitentiary. Mrs. Davis is one of the handsomest 
of elderly ladies. She is an ardent worker in the missionary cause. Mrs. 
Chambers-Miller, one of Mrs. Davis' daughters, is wonderfully gifted in art 
and poesy, and is literary and intellectual in her tastes. Mrs. Dr. Willard, 
of Allegheny, is the youngest daughter. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson, widow of Dr. Thomas Dickson, tall and queenly, 
cultured, intellectual, refined, is a noticeable figure in any assemblage. 
The Misses Lizzie and Clara Dickson, her daughters, are bright, attractive 
girls, who form a pretty contrast — Lizzie, a sparkling brunette, and Clara, 
fair with blonde, brown hair and large blue eyes. Mrs. Dickson was a Miss 
Norton, of New York, a descendant of the noble English family of Hun- 
tingdon. 

Mrs. Mary Dickson, widow of the celebrated physician and surgeon, 
Dr. John Dickson, lives in the old home at Edgeworth. Mrs. Dickson was 
a daughter of Nicholas Way, one of the first settlers of the Sewickley 
Valley. Miss Lizzie Dickson lives with her mother, attending almost entirely 
to the housekeeping. Mrs. Johnston, another of Mrs. Dickson's daughters, 
is an artist in repousse work and hammered silver. 

Mrs. Doyle, wife of Captain B. W. Doyle, was a Means, of Steubenville, 
one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of that town. Mrs. James 
Ritchie, nee Nannie Doyle, is Mrs. Doyle's only daughter. Mrs. John Dury, 
of Maple Street, and Mrs. J. D. Layng, of New York, are sisters of Mrs. Doyle. 

Mrs. William McC. Dravo comes of a good Meadville family. Her hus- 
band is related to the Dravos, of Pittsburg and Beaver. 

Mrs. Duncan, of Haysville, nee De Barron, tall, slender and elegant 
looking, with brown hair, dark, curling lashes shading expressive gray eyes, 
a delicate type of features, in her youth resembled pictures of the Empress 
Josephine. Mrs. Duncan's daughter Nellie is a slender, sweet-looking girl. 

Mrs. Fleming, nee Frederika Kleber, widow of John Fleming, is a sister 
of Henry and Gus Kleber. She owns extensive and beautifully laid out 
grounds at Sewickley, in all about forty acres, on which she lately erected an 
imposing mansion. She has no children of her own, but to the family of 
her brother-in-law, Mr. Joseph Fleming, who for many years have made 
their home with her, she has been the best of mothers. "Aunt Freddie," as 
she is called, is one of the truly charming women of the Sewickley Valley. 

A delicate beauty, with clear-cut features, statuesque cast of countenance 
and petite figure, is Miss Annie Fleming, of Sewickley. She is a blonde of 
the purest type, her eyes of azure and satiny skin harmonizing to perfection 
with the masses of fair hair that cluster about her snowy brow. Her sister 



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Mattie, a pretty blonde, has a face that lights up as she talks. She is one of 
the most daring and graceful of horsewomen. Miss Bessie, the youngest 
sister, is the musician of the family, both vocally and instrumentally. Mrs. 
R. F. Shannon and Mrs. Gilbert A. Hayes, the married members of the 
family, are notable housekeepers and exceedingly popular in Sewickley 
society. Mrs. Shannon is interested in floriculture, her greenhouse being 
very large and carefully stocked. The five girls are daughters of Mr. Joseph 
Fleming, the druggist. 

Mrs. John Fleming, whose husband is a member of the firm of Fleming 
& Hamilton, lives in a pretty house in Fdgeworth. 

Mrs. George Gibson, a bright, vivacious woman, was a Miss Lightner, 
of the old Pittsburg family of that name. Mrs. Gibson has been twice 
married, her first husband having been Mr. Crawford. She dresses hand- 
somely and is fond of entertaining her friends socially. She also frequently 
gives some elegant young folks' parties in honor of her son, Frank Crawford. 

Mrs. C. H. Gillespie, a fine-looking blonde, is a real artist in repousse 
work. Her daughter, Miss Lulu, developing a decided talent and imbued 
with a real love for nursing, is taking a course in a New York training school 
with a view of making it her life's profession. 

Mrs. Harriett Gilmore, the widow of Captain David Gilmore, lives hand- 
somely on Railroad Street. Mrs. Gilmore has a business talent rare in a 
woman, managing her considerable estate with wonderful judgment. Miss 
Edith, the only daughter, is very artistic, her work being characterized by 
delicacy and a pretty grace. Mrs. Gilmore's sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Mudie 
and Miss Lucinda Little, live with her. Mrs. Mudie is highly gifted, and 
having the faculty of saying things in a charmingly original way, is one of 
the most delightful and entertaining of women. She is a graceful writer 
and well up in literature. Miss Little is a lovely character, thoughtful, un- 
selfish and self-sacrificing. 

Mrs. S. L. Gilson is an earnest Methodist and an indefatigable worker 
in all Church enterprises or charitable projects. 

The late Mrs. Isaiah Grafton, of Beaver Street, was a Miss McCullough, a 
sister of J. N. McCullough, of the Pennsylvania Company. Hers was a beau- 
tiful character, cheerful, unselfish, devoted to her family. Although for 
many years an invalid, she never lost her brightness and was one of the most 
delightful of conversationalists. Mrs. Grafton's only daughter, Mrs. Charles 
F. Nevin, at the time of her marriage, about fifteen years back, was con- 
sidered one of the handsomest girls in Sewickley. 

Mrs. Will McC. Grafton, formerly a Mrs. Chew, is a Virginia lady, her 
husband having met and married her in Fredericksburg. Through her first 
husband she belongs to the distinguished Chew family of that State. Her 



Fleming. 
Gibson. 



Gillespie. 



Gilmore. 

Mudie. 
Little. 



Gilson. 



Grafton. 

Nevin. 



Grafton. 

Chew. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Hall. 
Grier. 

Harbaugh. 

Strobel. 



Hare. 



Harrison. 



Haskell. 

Hays. 
Black. 

Sullivan. 
Gormley. 
McFadden. 



daughter, Miss Ellen Chew, a pretty and stylish girl, is one of the coming 
society belles. 

Mrs. J. Morton Hall, who was a Miss Grier, has a pretty home on Rail- 
road Street. Her sister, Miss Grier, makes her home with her. 

Mrs. William Harbaugh is a sister of Mrs. Judge White, and like her 
inherited a goodly portion of land from her father, Rev. Charles Thorn. 
She is the mother of a family of daughters of which two, Misses Spring and 
Roxy, are unmarried. Annie, the youngest, became Mrs. Victor Strobel, of 
Philadelphia, about two years ago. Miss Spring Harbaugh is in many ways 
a remarkable girl. She is fine looking and stylish; musical, well read and 
wonderfully capable. Her vivacity, originality and cheeriness render her a 
delightful companion and a welcome addition to any company. Mrs. 
Charles Harbaugh, the wife of Mrs. Harbaugh' s only son, who was a Miss 
Moore, of Allegheny, is equally lovely in person and character. 

Mrs. Thomas Hare is the mistress of one of the loveliest places in 
Osborn. The Misses Hare, her husband's daughters, are great Church girls, 
ready for all sorts of missionary work. The Hares are an Irish family, Mr. 
Hare having come from the North of Ireland. 

Mrs. Milton Harrison was Ella Miller, daughter of Rev. R. L,. Miller, 
I D.D. She lives in a pretty house on Thorn Street. Mrs. Harrison is quite 
j a favorite in society. 

Mrs. E. W. Haskell, formerly a Miss Seymore, is quite a fine musician. 
Her home, which is a very pretty one, is on Beaver Street. 

The widow of General Alexander Hays was a Miss Agnes McFadden, 
daughter of the silversmith of that name, who was one of Pittsburg's most 
esteemed business men a half a century ago. Mrs. Hays has the history of 
I Pittsburg and its people faithfully stored in her memory, which together 
with a sort of quaint drollery and quick wit make her one of the most enter- 
taining of women. Mrs. Martha Black, a young widow, Mrs. Hays' young- 
est daughter, who is bright and entertaining, lives with her mother. Mrs. 
Sullivan, nee Rachel Hays, another daughter, lives in Missouri. Mrs. 
George Gormley, nee Agnes Hays, also a daughter, was raised by her grand- 
mother, Mr. James B. McFadden's second wife. The maiden name of Mrs. 
McFadden — who like her husband had been married twice, her first hus- 
band having been a Mr. Farrelly — was Alden, and she could clearly trace her 
descent from John Alden, Priscilla's chosen lover. She was lovely, pol- 
ished and refined, and Mrs. Gormley shows the benefits of a close compan- 
ionship with so rounded and beautiful a character. Intellectually bright, 
vivacious, witty, Mrs. Gormley is deservedly a favorite in the high social 
circles in which she moves. 

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She and her husband make their home with her father. Mrs. Hendry is 
very domestic and seldom goes into society. Flowers are her hobby, and her 
greenhouse is one of the most extensive in the place. 

Mrs. D. C. Herbst is tall, finely formed and quite a handsome woman, 
always richly dressed and wears big diamonds. The handsome mansion in 
Sewickley is fully and splendidly furnished, a lovely conservatory opening 
out from the dining-room. Nowhere is to be found more lavish hospitality 
or more perfect housekeeping and finer table appointments of china, glass 
and silver. Mrs. Herbst and her daughters drive a spanking team of 
spirited black horses, a drag in summer and a close carriage in winter. Mr. 
Herbst is said to be quite wealthy.. Mrs. Percy Rider, one of the married 
daughters, and Miss Stella Herbst, with their parents and Mr. Rider, com- 
prise the home circle. 

Mrs. Sophia Hutchison, widow of Frank Hutchison, was a daughter of 
General George Cass. Mrs. Hutchison is a warm Episcopalian and devoted 
to the interests of her Church. Scarcely a year ago Mrs. Hutchison lost her 
elder daughter, Miss Mary, one of the prettiest, loveliest and best of the girls 
in the Sewickley Valley. 

Mrs. Harry Irwin was one of the few girls who did not change her name 
on getting married. Her maiden name was Lillie Irwin, she being a daugh- 
ter of Mr. Joseph Irwin, of Allegheny, a family in no way related to that of 
her husband. Through her mother she is related to the Eightners, an old 
Pittsburg family. Mrs. Irwin, a pretty blonde, is stylish in dress and has 
marked taste in fitting up her house. 

Miss Marge G. Irwin, daughter of John Irwin, Jr., of Edgeworth, is a 
descendant of one of the oldest Pittsburg families— the Irwins, of Irwin 
Avenue. Her great-grandfather was Major John Irwin, of the Revolutionary 
army. On her mother's side she is a granddaughter of John Nevin, of 
Franklin County, an Anti-slavery enthusiast, who, on graduating at Dickin- 
son College, Carlisle, in 1800, read an original essay on the subject— a ques- 
tion which was at that time scarcely even discussed. 

The Misses Jennings, Eeila, Emma and Mary, are daughters of the late 
Rev. Samuel Jennings, of the Sharon Church. They are great home girls 
with literary tastes. 

Mrs. J. B. Jones has a pleasant home in Sewickley, on the banks of the 
Ohio. Her husband, who was a partner of the late banking firm of Semple 
& Jones, is said to have a comfortable competency — something like half a 
million. He has retired from business, and now leads the quiet life of a 
country gentleman. Mrs. Jones is a sister-in-law of Judge Gresham, the 
Postmaster-General of Arthur's Cabinet. Mrs. Jones and her daughters are 
fond of entertaining and give many elegant receptions. Emma and Louise, 



Herbst. 
Rider. 



Hutchison. 



Jennings. 



Jones. 
Fuller. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



King. 

Madiera. 



Knox. 

Reynolds. 



Liggett. 
Rose. 



Lipp. 



LIVINGSTONE. 
Brooks. 



the two daughters at home, are both exceedingly pretty girls. Minnie, the 
eldest, who was married a year or more ago to Lieutenant Alfred M. Fuller, 
of the United States Army, was at one time considered one of the prettiest 
girls in Allegheny society. 

Mrs. Kerr, of Edgeworth, was a Miss Smith. Mr. Kerr comes of an 
old Pittsburg family, his mother having been a daughter of the Rev. 
Allen D. Campbell, and through her he is a relative of the large Bakewell 
connection. 

Mrs. Kerr, the widow of the noted United Presbyterian minister, Dr. 
David R. Kerr, was a Miss Ann Warden, of Pittsburg. Her father was 
one of the prominent business men over half a century ago ; was engaged 
in the foundry business. Her husband belonged to a family prominent 
in the ministry — his father and two brothers, besides himself, all attained 
eminence in the United Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Kerr is a woman of 
brilliant attainments, intellectual, witty and gifted musically. She was 
educated at the Edgeworth Seminary, under "Mother" Olver. 

Mrs. King, of Edgeworth, widow of Dr. William H. King, was a Miss 
Sarah Sparks, daughter of a former minister of Minersville. She is fine 
looking, well educated, and a devoted mother. Miss Midge King, her 
daughter, an artist of rare delicacy and fine discrimination, is one of the 
most popular of society girls. Mrs. Madiera, another daughter, with her 
children makes her home with her mother. Mrs. King is a sister-in-law of 
Dr. C. B. King. 

Mrs. William Knox, nee Mame Reynolds, belongs to a large and'influen- 
tial connection in the central part of the State. On her mother's side she is 
a relative of the Nevins. Mrs. Knox is a fine housekeeper, fond of society 
and gay and cheerful in disposition. Her sister, Miss Jennie Reynolds, of 
Shippensburg, spends the greater part of her time with her. 

A lady who has always been justly famed for her artistic instincts is 
Mrs. E. R. Kramer, wife of the cashier of the First National Bank, of Alle- 
gheny. Mrs. Kramer's maiden name was Jennie Miller. She was a 
daughter of Mrs. D. R. Miller, who was a member of the large McKibben 
connection of Pittsburg. Mrs. Walter Roe is Mrs. Kramer's sister. 

Mrs. Sydney F. Liggett was a daughter of John Stevenson, the former 
well-known Pittsburg jeweler. Mrs. Joseph Rose, of Pittsburg, nee Mol- 
lie Stevenson, is a sister of Mrs. Liggett. 

Mrs. Rudolph Lipp, nee Mary Hopkins, is a daughter of Rev. Robert 
Hopkins, the oldest M. E. preacher in the Conference. Mrs. Lipp is lively 
and fond of society, going out quite a good deal. 

Mrs. Livingstone, of Thorn Street, was a daughter of Dr. Brooks, a 
distinguished old Pittsburg physician. Miss Janie Brooks, of Arch Street, 



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185 



Allegheny, is Mrs. Livingstone's sister. Miss Mildred Livingstone is a 
graduate of the Holliday's Female Seminary. 

Miss Percena Losey is large and fine looking and of a lovely dispo- 
sition. She belongs to an old Allegheny family. 

Mrs. Alex. Lyon, nee Annie Reed, was before her marriage considered 
one of Allegheny's prettiest girls. She is related to the Reeds, of Dixmont, 
and through her husband to the Dennistons and Flemings, his mother, Mrs. 
Dr. Fleming, having been a Denniston. 

Mrs. Macrum, nee Glyde, is a sister of Mrs. Calvin Wells. Mrs. Ma- 
crum's daughters are Miss Annie, Mrs. Maynard, of New York, Miss Jessie, 
a last year's Vassar girl, and Nora, the latter still a school-girl. 

Mrs. H. W. Macrum's family was English. She was, before her mar- 
riage, Miss Wallis, of Nottingham, England, the daughter of a minister in 
that place. Mrs. Macrum has a large family of daughters — Mrs. Dr. S. H. 
Kellogg, of Toronto, Canada ; Mrs. J. M. Belleville, of Wheeling ; Mrs. 
Charles B. Price and Misses Mary, Natalie and Gertrude Macrum. The 
latter is a petite beauty, her e3^es brown and sparkling, her cheeks rosy 
and her hair soft and curling. Miss Mary Macrum, the Librarian of the 
Mercantile Library of Pittsburg, is intellectual, and has a wide, general 
knowledge that renders her invaluable in her position. 

Mrs. Richard Mellinger was a daughter of Dr. Murdoch, one of the old- 
time Pittsburg physicians. 

When she dawned on Sewickley as a bride, some twenty years ago or 
more, Mrs. Wilson Miller, nee Creigh, was indeed a lovely vision, of 
slender build, well proportioned, a classic head, pure Grecian features, 
large, calm blue eyes, blonde hair, clear, colorless complexion and very red 
lips. Miss Maud Miller, her daughter, is a sweet, intellectual girl, capable 
and bright. Miss Jennie Creigh is a sister of Mrs. Miller. Miss Creigh is 
highly educated and cultivated. The Creigh family and also the William- 
sons, her mother's family, are among the best in the central part of the 
State. 

Among the new people whom Sewickley is constantly inducing to locate 
in her smiling valley is Mrs. Charles Miller, who with her husband came from 
Chicago, a few months since. Mrs. Miller, who is attractive and thoroughly 
sweet and charming in disposition, has been twice married. She was a Mrs. 
Davis before she took her present name. She comes of a Buffalo family, but 
has spent a number of years in different parts of the West. Mr. Miller is with 
Hussey, Brown & Co., of Pittsburg. 

Mrs. G. F. Muller, wife of the editor of the Bulletin, has antecedents 
distinguished in the Episcopal Church. She is a daughter of Dr. Camp, of 
Washington, D. C, and granddaughter of the late Bishop Hopkins. 

13 



IvOSEY. 
IvYON. 



Macrum. 



Macrum. 
Kellogg. 
Belleville. 
Price. 



Mellinger. 

Miller. 
Creigh. 



Miller. 



Muller. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



MURDOCK. 

Shannon. 



Murray. 
McDonald. 



McCleery. 

Davis. 

Wrenshall. 



McCord. 



McCready. 



McDonald. 



Mrs. Murdock, wife of H. J. Murdock, of the United Presbyterian, was 
a Miss Hutton, of Irish descent. Mrs. Dr. S. F. Shannon, quite a society 
woman, who entertains beautifully, a model young housekeeper, is Mrs. 
Murdock's daughter. Miss Annie Murdock, another daughter, is just enter- 
ing society. 

Mrs. James Murdock, whose husband is prominent in the G. A. R., pre- 
sides over a pleasant home on Beaver Street. 

Mrs. Murphy, widow of George Murphy, like all the McFaddens — she 
was a daughter of James B. McFadden — has a knack of saying things in 
a sparkling kind of way. Mrs. Sydney Murphy, her daughter-in-law, who 
was Minnie Coleman, daughter of Columbus Coleman, is cheerful and 
always sees the bright side of life. 

Mrs. Seward Murray is a daughter of Captain Marsh McDonald. Mrs. 
Murray is pretty, with gentle, gracious manners. Her house at Osborn is 
new, very elegant and beautifully furnished. The Misses McDonald, her 
sisters, are attractive young girls who, through being their father's house- 
keepers, have developed much housewifely talent. 

Miss Lidie Murray, daughter of Dr. R. J. Murray, is a granddaughter, 
through her mother, of Rev. Robert Hopkins, of the M. F. Church. Miss 
Murray, although scarcely in her twenties, has, since her mother's death 
several years ago, successfully taken charge of the house and family of 
young children. 

Mrs. Samuel McCleery is bright, capable and energetic. She lives on 
the bank overlooking the railroad, one of the prettiest situations in town. 
Her daughters are Mrs. Henry Davis, a sweet-looking young matron, a 
graduate of Wellesley College, Mrs. Richard Wrenshall and Miss Caddie 
McCleery. Mrs. Davis is a real artist with the brush, her most notable 
piece of work being probably the exquisite frieze in her dining-room. 

Mrs. McCord, nee Gray, was a daughter-in-law of John D. McCord, of 
Philadelphia. Miss Julia McCord, her daughter, is a recent graduate of Hol- 
lidaysburg Seminary. Mrs. McCord's husband was a member of the well- 
known hatting firm of that name. 

Mrs. McCready, wife of Dr. McCready, was a Miss Miller, sister of a 
leading physician and also of a minister of Beaver. Mrs. McCready is very 
domestic and goes but little into society. Miss Nettie McCready, a sweet- 
looking girl, is talented musically. 

Mrs. Dave McDonald, nee Mary Woods, of Sewickley, in her girlhood 
had curly golden hair, complexion pink and white, and blue eyes, one of the 
loveliest faces one would care to see. She is a daughter of the late Dr. Wm. 
Woods, a dearly loved physician, who practiced in Sewickley for many years. 
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187 



Mrs. McGeary, Harry McGeary's widow, who has one of the prettiest of 
Sewickley homes, was a Gunning. Her aunt, Miss Gunning, makes her 
home with her. Mrs. Horace Darsie, of Chestnut and Maple Streets, is Mrs. 
McGeary's sister. 

Mrs. McKelvey, wife of Col. Samuel McKelvey, belonged to one of Pitts- 
burg's wealthy families when wealth was much rarer than it is to-day. She 
was a Miss Pride, and owned, at the time of her marriage, a large tract of 
land on the hill district, Pride Street having been named in honor of her 
people. Mrs. McKelvey is the mother of three daughters : Mrs. Jerome Quay, 
of Morganza, whose husband is a brother of Senator Quay ; Mrs. Charles G. 
Woods and Miss Annie McKelve5 r , a tall and handsome blonde. Mrs. Quay's 

Mrs. McKnight, nee Baird, of Sewickley, widow of Charles McKnight, 
has always been a much admired woman, and in her younger days was a 
reigning belle. Features of an aquiline type, dark eyes, soft, brown hair, 
tail and slender, with a grace one rarely sees. Two 3'oung daughters just 
blooming into womanhood inherit much of their mother's beauty. Mrs. 
McKnight is a sister of Mrs. Robert Patterson. Mrs. McKnight's first 
daughter-in-law is quite a recent acquisition. Before her marriage to Mr. 
Charles McKnight, last October, she was Miss Kittie Wilson, a daughter of 
the late Dr. S. J. Wilson of the Western Theological Seminay. Mrs. R. H. 
Davis, of Osborn, is Mrs. Charles McKnight's grandmother, and since her 
parents' death she, her sister and brother have made their home with her. 

Mrs. James McKown, a large, fine-looking woman, with a very sweet 
face, was a Miss Courtney, of Bmsworth. She is a sister of Mrs. Fd. O'Neill. 

Mrs. Ben. N. McLain, nee Martha Fisk Liggett, was the daughter of 
John Liggett, Jr. Mrs. McLain's family, on both sides, dates back to Pitts- 
burg's early days. Her great-grandmother on the maternal side, of the cele- 
brated name of [McLeod, came from Scotland over one hundred years ago. 
They were large property holders in those days. Her father's mother, who 
also came from Scotland, was a sister of James Sharp, the original owner of 
-the land on which Sharpsburg now stands. 

The Misses McMillan, Flizabeth, Belle and Sarah, make their home with 
their brother, M. W. McMillan, of the Bank of Pittsburg. Their mother was 
Miss Gormley, of Pittsburg. Miss Lizzie Reed, a niece of Mr. "McMillan, 
also resides with him. She is related to the Messrs. Reed, the Market Street 
jewelers and the Dixmont Reeds. 

Miss Martha McMillen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McMillen, of 
Sewickley, is a pretty blonde, very popular in the younger society set. Mrs. 
Will W. Cunningham, nee Alberta McMillen, a lovely girl, is her sister. 
Mrs. Cunningham with her husband lately removed from Huntington, W. 
"Va., to Clinton, Iowa. 



McGeary. 

Gunning. 

Darsie. 



McKelvey. 

Woods. 

Ouay. 



McKnight. 



McL,ain. 



McMillan. 
Reed. 



McMillen. 
Cunningham. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Naylor. 
Shannon. 



Nevtn. 
Bell. 



Nevin. 
Cochran. 



three daughters, Thetta, Pride and Kitty, are all pretty and vivacious girls, 
musical, artistic and, the eldest especially, fine amateur actresses. 

Mrs. Charles McVey, although she only lately removed from New Brigh- 
ton to Sewickley, is no stranger in the pretty valley. Years ago, as Miss 
Annie Jones, daughter of Mr. William P. Jones, she was among the gayest, 
prettiest, most attractive girls in the place. Mrs. McVey, in spite of being 
the mother of a young lady daughter — Miss Irene McVey, whose beauty and 
grace is much commented on — is still young and handsome. Through her 
mother she is related to the aristocratic Huntingdon family, of New York. 
The Jones family was one of the old Pittsburg families. 

Mrs. R. H. L. Naylor, wife of the well-known dentist, was a Miss Shan- 
non, daughter of Judge Shannon. Her mother was an Ihmsen, and through 
her Mrs. Naylor has a large connection in Pittsburg. Miss Shannon, a 
sister, lives with her. 

Mrs. Nevin, of Sewickley, nee Hannah Irwin, is the widow of Theodore 
H. Nevin, for many years the President of the First National Bank of Alle- 
gheny. Mrs. Nevin's father was John Irwin, of Irwin Avenue, Allegheny. 
Mrs. Margaret Nevin, Mrs. Martha J. Bell, whose husband was a member of 
the old and aristocratic Bell family of Pittsburg, and John Irwin, Jr., are 
her sisters and brother. Two sisters and one brother of the Irwin family 
married two brothers and a sister of the Nevin family. Mrs. Nevin, with 
her daughters, Misses Tide and Mame Nevin, returned in October from, a 
tour of Burope of nearly two and a half years' duration. 

Mrs. T. Herbert Nevin was Rose McKinney, a grandniece of the late 
highly esteemed divine, Dr. David McKinney. Mrs. Nevin, her mother 
being dead, spent much of her girlhood in Minneapolis with an aunt. 
Mrs. Nevin's husband is a son of Mrs. Theodore Nevin. 

Mrs. Margaret I. Nevin, of Edgeworth, the widow of Rev. Daniel F. 
Nevin, was a Miss Irwin, daughter of John Irwin, of Irwin Avenue, Alle- 
gheny, who was born in Pittsburg one hundred and one years ago the first 
of last July. Her paternal grandfather was Major John Irwin, and her 
mother's father was Rev. John Taylor, the first rector of Trinity Church, 
Pittsburg. Mrs. Nevin has three daughters, one of whom is Mrs. George 
Cochran. Rev. Daniel Nevin was a son of John Nevin, of Franklin County, 
and a brother of the late Dr. John W. Nevin, of Lancaster, the celebrated 
divine of the German Reformed Church; also of Professor Nevin, of the 
Franklin and Marshall College of that place. 

Mrs. Robert P. Nevin comes of a wealthy and distinguished family — 
the Oliphants of Fayette County. F. H. Oliphant, who established the 
Fairchance and Oliphant Furnaces, near Uniontown, was Mrs. Nevin's 
father, and General F. D. Oliphant, of Trenton, N. J., and John Oliphant 



SOCIETY IN THE SUBURBS. 



are her brothers. Her father was also at one time interested in boat 
building in Pittsburg. Mrs. Nevin is highly accomplished, well read, 
artistic, musical and a linguist. Miss Lillie, the only daughter of the house, 
is tall and fair, and very pretty. Mr. Robert Nevin is the youngest son 
of a large family of brothers, the eldest of whom was Dr. John W. Nevin, 
the German Reformed minister, whose son, Robert, is the rector of the 
only Bpiscopal Church in Rome, Itahy. A granduncle of Mr. Nevin's was 
Hugh Williamson, LL.D., of North Carolina, one of the signers of the Con- 
stitution of the United States and a member of the Continental Congress. 

Mrs. P. D. Nichols belongs to one of the old Sewickley families — the 
McLaughlins. Her father, the late John McLaughlin, was a leading mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Nichols is an artist of more than 
common ability. 

Mrs. George Ogden was a Miss Margaret Hubley before her marriage, a 
member of the large Hubley connection of Pittsburg. Misses Grace, and 
Maude Ogden, the daughters, assist their mother in making the old Ogden 
homestead in Edgeworth, where they live, one of the most homelike of 
homes. Through their father the Misses Ogden are descendants of the late 
Judge Snowden, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Ogden, his daughter, famous in her 
girlhood as a beauty, was their grandmother. 

Accomplished, handsome, witty and attractive still, Mrs. Franklin Os- 
burn, nee Henrietta Warner, was a belle and beauty in her youth. She is a 
daughter of the late Judge Warner, one of Sewiekley's millionaires. Miss 
Mary Osburn, her daughter, has her mother's humor, is original and bright, 
and lovely in character. Mrs. William Olmstead, of East Hartford, Conn. , 
Mrs. Osburn's oldest daughter, is a demi-bloude, graceful and pretty. Miss 
Lou, the youngest of the family, just entering society, has a sweet face and 
inclines towards the blonde in type. The Osburus are a distinguished 
Virginia family — F. F. V. 

Mrs. Over, the wife of Judge Over, lives in a pretty country place at Over. 
Haysville. Her time is so occupied with her family of small children that 
she seldom goes into society. 

Mrs. Ed. O'Neill was a Miss Courtney, of Emsworth. A house on O'Neill. 
Beaver Street, latety remodeled and beautifully furnished, is her home. 

Mrs. Baird Patterson was a Miss Lord, of Baltimore. She is a blonde, Patterson 
tall and elegant in figure, with a gentle dignity that suits her style exactly. 
At the time of her marriage Mrs. Patterson was a reigning beauty, and it is 
said her portrait was secured for an album of typical American beauties 
published in Philadelphia. 

Mrs. Robert Patterson, wife of Professor Patterson, editor of the Presby 
terian Banner, is a woman of remarkable literary talent. A series of arti 



Osburn. 

Olmstead. 



Patterson. 
Baird. 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Pease. 



Purviance. 



Reisinger. 



Richardson. 



Robinson. 
Pratt. 



' cles (Reminiscences of the War), published in the Banner, to which her 
initials " E. B. P." were attached, attracted wide interest and admiration. In 
criticising books Mrs. Patterson's fine judgment comes into play. She is a 
member of the Baird family, one of the finest in Washington County. Miss 
Margaret Baird, her sister, keeps house for her nephew, Mr. Colin Reed. 
Professor Patterson's is one of the best of old Pittsburg families. The late 
Rev. Robert Patterson was his father, and Rev. Joseph Patterson his grand- 
father. The father of Mrs. Patterson and Miss Baird, Judge Thomas H. Baird, 
of Washington, Pa., had a large family, out of which eight fair daughters grew 
to womanhood. A sweeter group of merry girls was not to be found in all 
the country round. Each had her own distinctive charm and all were mod- 
est and refined. Mrs. Patterson was particularly handsome, and was pro- 
nounced by an eminent jurist, who knew her in her youthful bloom, the 
prettiest girl in Western Pennsylvania. 

Mrs. Charles Schermerhorn Pease was a Miss Orborne, of New York. 
She and her husband both belong to fine old Gotham families. Mrs. Pease, 
who is bright, intellectual and well read, has only been married a year or 
two. Her husband is General Superintendent of the Westinghouse Electric 
Company. 

Mrs. Winfield Purviance, a lovely woman with gentle manners and a 
rarely attractive face comes of fine Philadelphia stock. Her mother is Mrs. 
Comely, a wealthy widow, who resides at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Mrs. 
Samuel Purviance, of Pittsburg, is her husband's mother. 

The Misses Ramsey, of Osborn, are all brunettes, pretty, livety girls, and 
very popular socially, Miss Tide being the beauty of the family. Their mother 
was a Miss Miller, a sister of Mrs. Samuel Severance, of Allegheny. 

Mrs. Joseph P. Rankin was a daughter of the late Mr. Gilliam, of Can- 
ton, Ohio, a leading manufacturer of that place. Mr. Gilliam was formerly 
a Pittsburger. Mrs. Rankin is tall and fair and very fine looking. 

Mrs. Daniel Reisinger belongs to an old Pittsburg family — the Thomp- 
sons. Her daughters, the Misses Reisinger, are active in Church work, and 
have intellectual tastes. 

Mrs. John Richardson has a handsome home on Broad Street. Mrs. 
Richardson was a Sterling, a sister of Miss Mattie Sterling, who resides 
with her. 

Mrs. Katherine Robinson, of Sewickley, widow of Alexander Robinson,, 
is very pretty, with soft brown eyes, smooth bands of dark hair and an 
expression remarkable for sweetness and amiability. She has several chil- 
dren, all boys, the two eldest young men, and a niece, Miss Pratt, also- 
makes her home with her. 



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191 



Mrs John Robinson, wife of the banker, presides over a beautiful home i =S on. 
•t .nla in one of the most commanding spots fa the pretty valley. Mrs. 
rml e son M is fat:Lfaal and ^^^^^J^SSA 
^e^r:;^e"Sev|U .as annexed fa the 

b eauty of her time. She had large matrons ^ "'"an I 
jetty hair and a clem "r £%££?£*&* Mrsses Bell and 
J^ntToe °STSi- R0?a« WW intelleetnal pnrsnits, Miss Bel, , 
^ir^iTsan^h^lnTU-nse near Osborn Stardom ^ She is S^nns. 

Mr Sands' wealth is placed at a handsome figure. 

Mrs WW- Scotf, nee Mary Roddy, of Washington County, w ^ofCoL Scott. 

f^n^I tand^=^r^t^n^ : 

^^ptSrinn^d H hr^& father they belong) 

t0 ° ^ —h"^ a'gHnt of gold in the snn, a pink and white \ —a. 

Sm^ive traveling gives, f^^^. *£ ? ££ 
having made several tours abroad, and there are kw po 

C ° U Mr^nmdSempletas a Miss Wilson, her father having been a promi- i sa,.rra. 
nent Phtsbm™bnLs P s man years ago, and an elder in the Frrst Presby ter.an 

^St M H Shane, a daughter of Col. Boone, of Salem, Ohio belongs to I sh«,b. 
one Tf the oldest fam lies of that place. They are of Quaker descent and 
: me originlny from Philadelphia. Mrs. Shane, who is young and very j 



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THE SOCIAL MIRROR. 



Shields. 
Oliver. 
Jones. 

Collins. 



Smith. 
Catherwood. 



Smith. 



Snyder. 
Black. 



Stevenson. 



Stewart. 
1 I'll Hams. 
Sm ilk. 



lovely in her manners, is a graduate of Lasell College, and after finishing her 
education traveled extensively abroad. 

Mrs. Amelia Shields, widow of Thomas L. Shields, was a Miss Chaplin. 
She lives quietly on her large estate with her son and two daughters, Misses 
Rebecca and Mina. Mrs. James B. Oliver, who lives in an elegant house on 
property adjoining, and whose fine taste and beautiful entertainments are 
widel)- celebrated, is a daughter. Mrs. W. L. Jones, of Shields' Station, also 
noted for her taste, her house being artistic and beautiful, her conservatory 
stocked with rare plants, is another daughter. Mrs. William Collins, of Ha- 
gerstown, Maryland, who in her young days was a beauty, is Mrs. Shields' 
eldest daughter. Mrs. Thomas Shields, a daughter-in-law, who was a Miss 
Dickenson, of Worcester, Mass., lives in a handsome house near Edgeworth 
Station. 

Mrs. Edward Arthurs Smith is the youngest of the Catherwood sisters, 
representatives of a fine old Philadelphia family. Mrs. Smith, who lives 
handsomely at Quaker Valley Station, is in deep mourning and consequently 
is not visiting this winter. The Misses Catherwood, Emily and Mamie, Mrs. 
Smith's sisters, are fine looking girls and dress in exquisite taste. One of 
them sings quite well, and both paint with dash and spirit. 

Mrs. Van R. Smith, a Philadelphia lady, is fond of society, but her 
little family requires most of her attention. 

Mrs. Wm. P. Snyder, one of last year's brides, lives handsomely in Edge- 
worth. Her fine taste, both in housefurnishing and interior decoration and 
dress, is proverbial. Her tall, elegant figure and fine carriage give her a 
distinguished air. Mrs. Snj'der was a Miss Black, a granddaughter of Dr. 
Black, the noted Covenanter minister, who for fifty years preached in Pitts- 
burg. Her mother was a Watson, of another old Pittsburg family. Misses 
Jane and Jessie Black, Mrs. Snyder's sisters, who keep house in Sewickley, 
are stylish society girls. 

Mrs. James E. Stevenson comes of a Philadelphia family — the Sullenber- 
gers. Her daughters, Misses Annie and Jennie, are bright, petite, pretty girls. 

Mrs. David Stewart, of Edgeworth, came from the ' ' blue Juniata ' ' to 
make her home in the western end of the State. Miss Ella Stewart, her 
husband's sister, who lives with her mother in Allegheny, is a charming 
little blonde with brown eyes and the fashionable red-gold hair. 

Mrs. Stewart, of Shields' Station, is a daughter of the late Dr. Aaron 
Williams, of the Presbyterian Church. On both sides the family was a 
prominent one. Her mother was a daughter of Dr. Herron, of Pittsburg, 
a distinguished minister of many years ago. Miss Belle, Mrs. Stewart's 
daughter, Miss Ada Williams, her sister, and Mrs. Mary Smith, nee Herron, 



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193 



Straw. 



Sykes. 
Devore. 
Mair. 

Tate. 



an aunt, a lady of great age, but whose faculties are wonderfully preserved, 
compose the family circle. . 

Mrs Frank Straw was a Miss Dickson, of the family famous for physi- 
cians and surgeons. Mrs. Straw, through her husband, claims connec- 
tion with the Straws of Bellevue, a large and influential family. 

Mrs Swartzwelder, nee Cowan, widow of Marshall Swartzwelder, Swartzwex-der. 
Esq in her youthful days handled her pencil well. The artistic gift of the 
mother has descended to her son, R. C. Swartzwelder, who has gained a 
wide reputation as an artist. Two unmarried daughters remain at home 
Misses Mame and Millie Swartzwelder. Mrs. Swartzwelder' s father, Lord 
Cowan, was of an aristocratic Irish family, and a perfect type of the courtly 
gentleman of the olden time. He was very wealthy and left handsome for- 
tunes to his children. 

The wife of Dr. John W. Sykes, of Osborn, was a Miss Stebbens. Mrs. 
Sykes and her daughters, Mrs. Devore' and Mrs. Charles Mair, are all fond 
of intellectual pursuits. 

Mrs John Tate, of Railroad Street, is a talented woman. Her artistic 
taste and skill is of the finest, and her executive ability, shown in organiz- 
ing and carrying 011 of missionary and Church societies, is certainly of a 

high order. 

The Misses Elizabeth and Cora Thomson and Mrs Margaret Thomson . Thomson. 
come of a wealthy old Pittsburg- family. The late Vice-President Hendricks 
was a cousin of the Misses Thomson. They are all refined and cultured 
women, fond of study and of travel. 

Miss Frances A., daughter of the late Rev. Joseph S. Travelli, is Travelli. 
musical and artistic; in china painting she excels. Miss Travelli isspend- 
ino- the winter in Southern California. Through her mother Miss Travelli 
is a member of the large Irwin family connection. Mrs. Travelli was a 
dau-hter of John Irwin, of Allegheny, of rope-walk fame. Miss Travelli' s 
step-mother was a daughter of the late Captain James Irwin, of Dawrence- 

ville. . ,, 

Mrs A C. Walker, the wife of the druggist of that name, is a rather Walker. 
recent addition to the ranks of young matrons. She is quite pretty and 
refined, and comes of a well-known Allegheny family. 

Mrs Warden, widow of John Warden, of the firm of Warden & Warden. 
Oxnard, a branch of the Standard Oil Company, is one of the most perfect 
of hostesses. She is a St. Douis lady of good family, and her style of hospi- 1 
tality is fashioned on the Southern plan-free, openhanded, spontaneous. 
.Mrs' Warden is quite wealthy and recently bought a magnificent place at ■ 
Ouaker Valley Station. Miss Juliet, her daughter, has the same cordial, j 
generous nature, and is a great favorite in society. Miss Warden returned 



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Way. 



Whittlesey. 



a month ago from a year's stay abroad. She spent last winter in musical 
study in Dresden. Annie and Betty Warden, the younger daughters, are 
almost ready to enter society. 

The Misses Wardrop, Belle, Pamelia and Maggie, daughters of Mr. and 
Mrs. James Wardrop, are all capable and talented. They come of Scotch 
parentage, the land of the heather having been the birthplace of both Mr. 
and Mrs Wardrop. Mrs. Wardrop was a Miss Thompson. 

Mrs. Robert Wardrop, nee Agnes Miller, of an old Scotch family, is 
witty, original and entertaining. She has a beautiful house at Shields' 
Station ; the grounds lovely and romantic. Mrs. Wardrop is one of the 
charming hostesses, but owing to the recent death of her father, who was 
President of the old Exposition Society, she is not going out this winter. 
She is a daughter-in-law of James Wardrop, of Edgeworth. 

Mrs. W. W. Waters, wife of Mr. Waters, of the Presbyterian Book 
Rooms, was a Miss Critchlow, a daughter of Rev. Mr. Critchlow, of New 
Brighton. Her family is one of the finest in the place. 

Mrs. John Way, Jr., is a daughter of the late John K. Wilson, one of the 
earliest Sewickley settlers. Misses Mary and Anne Way, her sisters-in-law, 
also belong to one of the first families of Sewickley. Their father, Abishia 
Way, was a prominent dry goods merchant in Pittsburg fifty years ago. Old 
Mrs. Way was an Anderson, sister of Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Caldwell, of Pitts- 
burg. She was also a relative of the Herrons. The Ways own an immense 
tract of land in the Sewickley Valley. 

Mrs. White, widow of D. N. White, and her daughter, Miss Helen 
White, live in a beautiful home on Broad Street. Mr. White was for many 
years editor of the Pittsburg Gazette, and enjoyed the distinction of being 
the founder of the Republican party. 

Mrs. John N. White was a Miss French, of Fort Wayne. Hers is one of 
the leading families of that city. Mrs. White is pleasant and refined in 
manner and has the faculty of making friends. Her husband is a son of 
Judge J. W. F. White. 

Mrs. Judge White, a daughter of the late Rev. Charles Thorn, is a 
gentle, lovely woman. Her father, who owned immense tracts of land, left 
her very well off, and she is generous and kind with her money. Miss 
Sophie, the only daughter, a medium-sized blonde, is beautiful in character 
and disposition, winning for herself friends and admirers wherever she 
goes. 

Miss Carrie Whiting, of Sewickley, is quite musical, but her great gift 
is her dramatic talent. She is easy, natural and graceful on the stage, and 
clothes her parts with a realism that calls forth much admiration. 

The still lovely wife of Mr. R. H. Whittlesey, of Edgeworth, was a 



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Williams. 



blooming beauty in life's sweet springtime. Her eyes were dark and glow- 
ing, and in her cheeks love's own roses deepened and paled. Mrs. Whittle- 
sey has many beautiful traits of character and is enthusiastically admired. 
Before her marriage she was a Miss Mygat. 

The wife of Captain Joseph B. Williams, who lives in a pretty residence 
near Osborn Station, is a large, pleasant-faced, sensible-looking woman. 
She wears handsome clothes, but avoids anything particularly gay or 
striking. She seems as fond of a fine piece of horseflesh as her husband, 
whose tastes in that matter are well known, and Captain and Mrs. Williams, 
seated behind a fleet horse which passes everything on the road of a sum- 
mer evening, is a familiar sight. 

Mrs. Williams, of Beaver Street, is the widow of O. H. P. Williams. 
Miss Ella Williams and Mrs. E. B. Grandin, of Tidiute, are Mrs. Williams' 
daughters. 

Mrs. A. Watson Woods, as Nannie Moore, was an exceedingly pretty 
brunette and a graceful dancer. Mrs. Woods is a daughter of B. D. Moore, j 
Her husband is connected, through his mother, with the Black family, of | 
which Dr. Andrew Black was a notable member. 

Mrs. Darwin Woolcot is a Virginia lady of beauty and family. Her woolcot. 
mother-in-law, Madame Woolcot, was a sister of the Hon. Edwin Stanton, 
Lincoln's Secretary of War. She is elegant in her manners, refined, intel- 
lectual and exceedingly interesting in conversation. 

Mrs. Ezra Young, of Edgeworth, was a Miss Wardrop, daughter of young. 
James Wardrop. Mrs. Young entertains beautifully and is fond of com- 
pany. Mrs. Margaret Young, her husband's mother, was a Miss Anderson, 
and is one of the oldest residents of the place. 

Mrs. William F. Zimmerman was an Eastern girl. Her husband '" Zimmerman. 
belongs to a wealthy New York family. 



Williams. 
Grandin. 



Woods. 



Anderson. 



BEEEEVUE. 

Mrs. John D. Anderson, nee Garrard, wife of the steel manufacturer, is 
a large, dignified lady, not given much to society. She is fond of her flowers j 
and an active worker in the missionary cause. 

Mrs. James M. Balph, a sister of Col. T. M. Bayne, is tall, with a good Balph. 
figure and pleasing manners. She enjoys society and a game of whist. 

Mrs. Thos. M. Bayne, nee Ella Smith, wife of Congressman Bayne, is a bayne. 
lady of elegant appearance and manners and is very popular in society. 

Two pretty daughters adorn the home of W. W. Bradshaw, of Bellevue. ; bradshaw. 
Miss Roberta, the elder, is only a little past her majority and is small and [ Congdon. 
prettily formed. Her eyes are large and brown and full of thoughtful ear- : 
nestness. Rachel, the other daughter, is one of the most admired of this I 



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DURBIN. 

East. 
Graham. 



Hamilton. 
Hamilton. 
Herbert. 



Irwin. 



Jenkinson. 



season's debutantes. She is much taller than her sister. A majestic air, 
dark hair brushed straight back from her handsome face, an artistic style 
of dressing, all combine to render her very striking. She was a graduate of 
the Bowman Institute last June, and her proficiency in study is best told by 
the gold medal bestowed upon her. Admirers of the opposite sex have 
already found her out, but while she laughs and coquets merrily she 
cherishes an ambition, and if she has her wa) r the stately chambers of our 
new court house may yet respond and thrill to a new Portia's pleadings. 
Mrs. John Congdon, a half-sister of the Bradshaw girls, also possesses the 
good looks and vivacity that the family is noted for. 

Mrs. M. J. Caughey, nee Ada Morrow, daughter of an old and well- 
known citizen, Fleming Morrow, is agreeable and popular. She has a nice 
home, but is not partial to display. 

Mrs. H. H. Durbin, nee Hukill, wife of the jeweler, is popular in society 
and active in Church work. 

Miss Florence Bast, small in stature and sweet in disposition, is a clever 
artist of the School of Design. 

Miss Florence Graham, a graceful blonde, popular in society, is a good 
vocalist. 

Mrs. W. J. Hammond, wife of the iron manufacturer, has an elegant 
home and lives in style. She has three nice sons, who are exceedingly 
popular. 

Mrs. Joseph S. Hamilton, nee Heppie Wilkins, a lady of petite form, 
but of large literary tastes and acquirements, is not very partial to society. 

Mrs. John Hamilton, wife of the large tin manufacturer, firm of Fleming 
& Hamilton, is a large and handsome woman, jolly and fond of society. 

Mrs. Wm. P. Herbert, nee Alice Garrard, of Steubenville, a lady of attrac- 
tive manners and appearance, has a nice home and is much given to hos- 
pitality. 

Mrs. H. Orville Hukill, nee Kate Wilkins, whose husband is an officer 
of the Pennsylvania Compan}', is a lady of fine appearance. Mrs. Hukill is 
fond of society, has fine domestic tastes and is partial to china painting. 

Miss Mattie Hunter, a pretty girl of fine physique, fair complexion, 
brown hair, brown eyes, with many admirers, is a good pianiste. 

Miss Hurford, daughter of J. E. Hurford, of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu- 
facturing Company, is attractive and bright, fond of society and of driving 
a good horse. 

Mrs. James Irwin, nee Cullie Cameron, an agreeable lady, with a pretty 
home, is not given to much display. Benevolence is one of her leading 
characteristics. 

Mrs. Wm. Jenkinson, nee Annie Chancy, daughter of an old Bank of 



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Pittsburg officer, is a popular little lady, with an elegant home. She is lib- 
eral in charity and devoted to Church work. 

Mrs. J. W. Kirker, wife of the attorney, is a nice-looking woman, but is Kirker. 
not seen often in society. 

Miss L,ide Means, a tall blonde beauty, vivacious and fond of society, \ Means. 
has many friends. She is a daughter of Robert Means, the manager of the 
Wayne Iron Works. 

Mrs. John W. Morrison, nee Burchfield, is a woman of refinement, with Morrison. 
quiet tastes and domestic habits. Miss Mame Morrison, a daughter, is a 
young lady of good figure and a bright face. She is an artist in crayon and 
water colors. 

Mrs. John McClurg, wife of the cracker and candy manufacturer, a tall mcClurg. 
and graceful woman, lives in good style. She is given to charity and Church I 
work and hospitality. Miss Ida McClurg, her daughter, is a bright little \ 
brunette, agreeable and fond of society. Miss McClurg has some ability as : 
a vocalist. 

Mrs. William M. McGill, nee Mattie Hoge, of Ohio, wife of the attor- McGill. 
ney, is an attractive little blonde, of literary tastes and acquirements ; a 
charming conversationalist. She enjoys society, and whist is a favorite game. 

Mrs. Lou Mclntyre, nee Maria Williams, a tall, handsome brunette, mcIntyre. 
with many friends, is the popular and favorite soprano singer of the place. 

Mrs. Wm. B. Neal, nee Anna Whiting, has a handsome figure, a pretty Neal. 
face and graceful manners. Mrs. Neal is rather retiring in disposition. 

Mrs. Chas. H. Ogden, nee Dot Wilkins, a recent bride, is attractive and Ogden. 
neat in appearance. She is a good pianiste and is very fond of euchre. 

Mrs. Wm. A. Shaw, an elderly lady of stylish appearance, has vivacious '' Shaw. 
and pleasing manners. Mrs. Shaw's home is handsome and its mistress is 
popular in society. Miss Maggie Shaw, a daughter, is a charming girl, finely 
educated, a graduate of Vassar, and active in Church and charitable work. 

Mrs. N. W. Shafer, wife of the attorney, is a tall, handsome woman, with Shafer. 
a nice home. Mrs. Shafer is not seen often in society circles. 

Mrs. Walter Straw dresses handsomely and has agreeable manners. She Straw. 
is quite popular. 

Mrs. Dr. Ed. Reynolds, nee Ada Matthias, of Athens, Ohio, is tall and ' Reynolds. 
pretty, with large brown eyes. She is a witty conversationalist, a fine organ- j 
ist, and fond of society. 

Mrs. Jennie Teece, sister of Col. T. M. Bayne, is an interesting widow, Teece. 
of pleasing manners and quite popular in society. Mrs. Teece is now absent 
on an European trip. 

Mrs. Hay Walker, a widow of Bellevue, has a charming home, set in the Walker. 
midst of many acres of lovely, rolling farm land. She is one of the most 



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Warwick. 



Watson. 



Wright. 
Follansbee. 



Berringer. 



Brading. 

Lowrie. 



Clark. 



Courtney. 



DlFFENBACHER. 

Leitch. 



hospitable of women. Two sous and one daughter still remain in the old 
homestead. The rest are married. In the band of untiring workers for 
charity Mrs. Walker holds an honored place. 

Mrs. Wm. H. Warwick, nee Hallie Fullwood, a fine-looking lady, with 
sweet face, has pleasant, jolly manners. Mrs. Warwick is domestic in her 
tastes. 

Mrs. Alexander M. Watson, nee Mary Dickson, daughter of the late Dr. 
John Dickson, of Bdgeworth, is tall and very fine looking. Miss Mame 
Watson, a daughter, is a tall blonde, with some reputation as an artist in 
crayon. Mr. Watson is one of the most aggressive and brilliant lawyers at 
the Pittsburg bar. 

Miss Lizzie Wilkins, a pretty brunette, is one of the bright artists from 
the School of Design. 

Mrs. Thomas D. Williams, nee Robinson, wife of the electrician, is a 
good-looking brunette. In her new home Mrs. Robinson has displayed her 
aesthetic tastes. 

Mrs. Geo. F. Wright, nee Em. Straw, a daughter-in-law of Warden 
Wright, is tall, with a fine figure and pleasant manners. Mrs. Wright has 
not been much in society latterly, by reason of family bereavements. Mrs. 
Wright's sister-in-law, Mrs. Bert Follansbee, nee Wright, is one of Pittsburg's 
most admired young women. 



EMSWORTH. 

Misses Clara and Edna Berringer, two popular young ladies, are at present 
in mourning for their mother, a lovely lady, whose death occurred a few 
month ago. 

Mrs. Brading, an elderly lady of considerable wealth, resides with her 
niece, Mrs. Lowrie, both being widows. They come of an educated and dis- 
tinguished family. 

Mrs. A. A. Clark, formerly Miss Mary Gilleland, is devotedly attached 
to a bright, golden-haired boy of nine years, her first-born and only child. 

Miss Mollie Courtney, a fine-looking, stately blonde, prides herself on 
her accomplishments as a housekeeper. 

Mrs. John P. Dean, formerly Miss Amanda Pfifer, of Xenia, Ohio, 
though possessed of an abundance of wealth, finds her greatest pleasure at 
home, surrounded by her family of interesting children. The oldest, Miss 
Jennie, is an attractive brunette, and shows considerable talent for water 
color painting. 

Mrs. J. F. Diffenbacher, formerly Miss Susan Holmes, of Allegheny, is 
one of the leading society ladies of the village. Her daughter, Mrs. Jno. 
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Mrs. J. M. Fleming, formerly Miss Caroline Wiggins, of Salisbury, Pa., 
an attractive young matron, has a family of three very interesting children, 
two girls and a boy. 

Miss lizzie F. Gilleland, a tall demi-blonde, is quite an expert at cro- 
quet. 

Mrs. James I^ewis is again domiciled in her spacious home, having, with 
her husband and family, recently returned from Chicago. Miss Dollie, the 
oldest daughter at home, is a demi-blonde and quite pretty. 

Mrs. J. Palmer O'Neil, formerly Miss Lizzie Lowry, of Emsworth, has 
a family of half a dozen daughters who leave but little idle time on her 
hands. 

Mrs. Samuel M. Raymond, formerly Miss I/ucie Clark, of Washington, 
Pa., is the mother of two lovely daughters, Misses Grace and Ada, who 
inherit much of her beauty. 

Mrs. John S. Robb, formerly Miss Hemingray, of Pittsburg, is a lady 
of attractive appearance and the mother of four grown daughters. Miss 
I/izzie, the second, is an artiste, being especially clever with water colors 
and crayon portraits. By many people Miss Robb is thought to resemble 
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. 

Mrs. James Seidle, wife of the well-known jeweler, is one of the most 
popular married ladies in the village. 

Mrs. Judge Veech, an elderly lady of fine literary tastes, lives with her 
daughters, Misses Beckey and X,ouise. Mrs. Veech's family [is one of the 
best in Western Pennsylvania. 



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